
First appearance of the Pontiff in St. Peter's Square after his resignation from the Gemelli hospital
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The Pope was hospitalized and subsequently discharged from the Agostino Gemelli polyclinic.
Punctually at midday, after being admitted and discharged from the Agostino Gemelli polyclinic only yesterday, the Pope appears to recite the Angelus from the window of the Apostolic Palace in St. Peter's Square. The crowd's applause was warm.
The Pope appears in good shape. He reads the prepared text a little slowly but without hesitation and says: "I will gradually resume my activities with the help of God and your prayers."
"In Jesus we contemplate a God who does not fear history and instead comes to inhabit it. His Kingdom does not take away human roles and responsibilities. However, he asks us to live without compromise, free from bad ambitions and unjust interests, putting the Kingdom of God and his justice before everything" says Pope Leo at the Angelus, who citing the famous evangelical passage of the day, clarifies: "This is precisely the profile of someone who 'renders to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God': to be truthful, without awe and hypocrisy, free for good".
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Gradual resumption of the Pope's activities
Very likely · Within weeks

The Pope appeared at the Angelus smiling and in good shape after being admitted to the Gemelli polyclinic for the removal of part of his lung, thanking the faithful and medical staff for their support.

Pope Leo XIV returned to speak at the Sunday Angelus in St. Peter's Square after lung surgery. The Pontiff thanked the staff of the Gemelli Polyclinic and the faithful for the support received.

Discharged yesterday from the Gemelli Polyclinic, Pope Leo appeared at midday from the window of the Apostolic Palace to recite the Angelus, appearing in good shape and reading the text without hesitation in front of the crowd.

Pope Leo In his speech he commented on the evangelical passage of the tribute to Caesar.

Pope Leo

Pope Leo left the Gemelli hospital earlier than expected after lung surgery, making a public appearance with a greeting to the crowd and a private conversation with a young Ukrainian woman being treated in Italy for cancer. He wanted to send signals to the world, committed to promoting dialogue and humanitarian intervention in Ukraine, and to the Roman Curia, where rumors and barbs were starting to spread. He worked from the hospital receiving urgent dossiers and courtesy visits, while the surgeon Stefano Margaritora reassured him about his health conditions. The Vatican press office had canceled audiences and commitments until October 20, with the first important appointment being the interreligious meeting in Assisi on October 27 and then the November trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. Yesterday he published the list of those admitted to the papal flight, interpreted as a determination to move forward without changes, despite a gaffe by the Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, who had suggested remodulations and then backtracked. Leo followed the protocol that places first the Dean of the Sacred College and then the Vicar of Rome close to the Pope, relaunching this scheme as the imprint of his pontificate.