Pope Leo XIV at St. Peter's in the Popemobile: "Thank you for your support and prayers". PHOTO

THE TOUR AMONG THE FAITHFUL IN THE POPEMOBILE

A few days after surgery to remove a lung tumor, today the Pope met the faithful before the general audience, taking a tour in the popemobile of St. Peter's. Thousands of people were present in the square.

LUNG SURGERY

Pope Leo After a few days of hospitalization, the Pontiff was discharged on 17 October and returned to the Vatican.

THE POPE'S MESSAGE

"Thank you for your support, for your prayers, thank God for his generosity. Let us all renew our trust in the goodness and mercy of God", Pope Leo then said, opening today's general audience.

THANKS IN THE ANGELUS A FEW DAYS AGO

Already on 18 October, the day after his resignation, Prevost had recited the Angelus from the window of the Apostolic Palace in St. Peter's Square, thanking "those who prayed for me, I felt your support".

THE GENERAL HEARING

Returning to today, conjugal love is at the center of the catechesis of Pope Leo XIV who, in the general audience, continued his reflection on the documents of the Second Vatican Council. The Council document 'Gaudium et spes' "directs attention to conjugal love and marital fruitfulness. Not limiting itself to erotic attraction, which is also integral in itself, conjugal love involves the entire will of the spouses", underlined Pope Leo.

POPE: "POLITICS MARRIAGE AND FAMILY"

The family has a "social function" and is "the foundation of society", the Pope said, relaunching the words of Gaudium et Spes. Leo XIV therefore called "all those who have social responsibilities, especially in the political and cultural sphere, to the duty to collaborate effectively in the promotion of marriage and the family".