Pope Leo XIV will be released from the hospital this Saturday
The sovereign pontiff, operated on for a pulmonary nodule, will return to the Vatican this Saturday.
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- Pope Leo XIV, convalescing after the removal of a cancerous nodule in his lung, will leave the Gemelli polyclinic in Rome this Saturday.
- It will resume its activities on Sunday with the Angelus prayer from the Vatican.
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Why It Matters
Pope Leo XIV underwent surgery to remove a cancerous nodule from his lung. He was hospitalized at the Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome.
“The Holy Father has been deemed fit to go out.” Pope Leo
A decision taken “taking into account the blood tests, the chest x-ray carried out this [Saturday] morning and the evaluation of the clinical picture”, specified doctors Luigi Carbone and Stefano Margaritora in a note published by the Vatican.
A departure from the hospital this Saturday
The Vatican confirmed that “Pope Leo XIV will leave the Gemelli Polyclinic today [Saturday]. “He will leave the hospital early this afternoon and return to the Vatican. Tomorrow he will recite the Angelus prayer from the window of the papal apartment,” the Vatican said.
The Angelus prayer is generally given by the pope from the window of the apostolic palace, but in recent years, former popes John Paul II and Francis, also hospitalized at Gemelli, had said the prayer from the window of their hospital room.
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The Pope will recite the Angelus prayer on Sunday from the Vatican.
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