Pope Leo continues his recovery, Parolin: "If he feels better he will make the Angelus from Gemini". And "if necessary he will reshape the pontificate"

The recovery of Pope Leo XIV continues apace. Even today he got up, had a respiratory physiotherapy session with complete motor activities, concelebrated mass, but above all he also resumed his work activity.

For this reason he met with the Substitute at the Secretariat of State, Monsignor Paolo Rudelli. The Pope has therefore begun to complete some dossiers so as not to have too much backlog when he returns to the Apostolic Palace, presumably, as expected, at the beginning of next week. Everything is therefore proceeding according to forecasts, even if some shadows may appear on the future. It is Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin who does not hide his concerns. "The Pope has been hospitalized for just two days - the number two of the Vatican argues - and no predictions of any kind can be made. Now it's a question of seeing when he will return, in what situation he will return, what the doctors will say. And on the basis of all these elements the Pope will also reshape his pontificate, if it is necessary to reshape it".

Leone, at the moment, is thinking about healing. He is a dutiful patient, listens to the doctors and is doing his best to resume daily life as soon as possible. On Sunday he could also recite the Angelus from the balcony of the Gemelli. According to what we learn, there has already been an inspection by technicians and in any case the Pope's will is there. "It will depend a bit on the progress of his convalescence, if he is better by the end of the week I think he will make the Angelus from Gemelli", Parolin further reported. A slightly more complex matter for the trip to South America. On this point, the Pontiff's first collaborator explains that it is "a long and demanding journey" and therefore "it will depend on the doctors". The fact is that, up until the moment he entered the hospital, Pope Leo had confirmed everything. Even in this case it will then be necessary to "wait for him to return from the hospital". The Vatican Secretary of State, however, reiterates his apprehension: "I continue to be worried because I am enormously sorry for what has happened. But I trust the news they have given us with the medical bulletins and therefore I also have hope that this situation can be resolved as soon as possible".

The bulletin of the day, signed by his personal doctor, Doctor Luigi Carbone, and by the specialist who operated on him, Professor Stefano Margaritora, states that Leo post-operative progresses normally".

So everything was as planned. From tomorrow, if this situation remains, the Vatican could slow down communications a bit. Meanwhile, good wishes have arrived from overseas: the President of the United States Donald Trump, who in the past has not spared the American Pope broadsides of all kinds, said, speaking to journalists after a rally in Arizona, that he hoped he "gets better soon". However, a lot of optimism transpires from that tenth floor of the Gemelli hospital and, as happened since he left the operating room, the Pope is letting the people closest to him know, through messages conveyed by his collaborators, that he feels well and that he will be out soon, in any case in those times expected from the moment of hospitalization. The Pontiff could therefore return home, if nothing new occurs, between Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.