In the morning, the Vatican press office released the latest medical bulletin on the Pontiff's condition and announced that Leo First, at 12, he presided over the mass on the tenth floor of the hospital. Tomorrow the Angelus from St. Peter's
Pope Leo The announcement of the resignation was made in the morning by the Vatican press office, which released the latest medical bulletin on the Pontiff's condition. Leone, therefore, returned to the Vatican and tomorrow - a week after the announcement to the world of the discovery of the "lump in his lung" - he will recite the Angelus from St. Peter's. Before leaving the hospital, at 12, Prevost presided over mass in the room on the tenth floor of the polyclinic.
The Pope has been dismissed
"Following the conclusions provided by the doctors this morning, Pope Leo The Pontiff left Gemelli around 3.30pm: he left the hospital on foot, accompanied by doctors and the applause of the crowd, and stopped for a few minutes to greet the faithful before getting into the car. Then the escort with their cars left the hospital complex in the direction of the Vatican.
The latest bulletin on the Pope's conditions
In the morning, the Vatican also released the latest medical bulletin on the Pontiff's condition. "In consideration of the blood tests, the chest x-ray performed this morning and the clinical picture, the Holy Father was deemed fit for discharge", we read in the bulletin signed by Doctor Luigi Carbone and Professor Stefano Margaritora.
The exit from Gemini and goodbyes
The Pope left the Gemelli walking from the main entrance, smiling and in apparently good shape. To greet the crowd he also raised his right arm, the one with the operated lung. He didn't seem tired and, before reaching the car, he exchanged a few words with some people. In particular, he greeted a young Ukrainian patient treated in Italy and accompanied by her family: the 13-year-old had already met the Pope last December when, before an operation for a tumor, she hugged him during an audience in St. Peter's Square. After exchanging words of greeting and closeness, the Pontiff encouraged her again today and gave her his blessing. "A dream come true," the girl told reporters. Upon leaving the hospital, the Pope also greeted the leaders of Gemelli and Professor Stefano Margaritora. Doctor Luigi Carbone, personal doctor, got into the car with the Pope towards the Vatican.
Mass today at Gemelli and Angelus tomorrow at St. Peter's
Before leaving the Gemelli polyclinic, the Pope decided to celebrate another mass in the hospital. The service was held at 12, in the room on the tenth floor of the Gemelli which in recent days - during the Pontiff's hospitalization - has been used as a chapel. Tomorrow, then, Leo XIV should reappear in St. Peter's Square: as the Vatican announced, "he will recite the Angelus prayer from the window of the papal apartment".
The return to the Vatican
After leaving the Gemelli, the Pope returned to the Vatican: the journey by car lasted about ten minutes, then the car passed through the Perugino door to return "home", to the apartment in the Apostolic Palace from which the Pontiff had left on Tuesday to be admitted to the Gemelli polyclinic. Before leaving the hospital, as Vatican sources had anticipated, there was no press conference by the doctors who had treated Prevost in recent days: everything was clarified, the sources specified, in the medical bulletin released today. Furthermore, the Vatican added that, based on what can be deduced from the bulletin, no particular medical aids are necessary after the Pontiff's return to the Apostolic Palace.
Mattarella's message
Shortly after his resignation, the Pope received a message of good wishes from the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella. The head of state, "on behalf of the whole of Italy and myself", renewed Leone's "warmest wishes for a peaceful convalescence for his prompt and complete recovery". "In these circumstances - wrote Mattarella - I once again join the vast testimonies of closeness and affection that have been addressed to you by simple citizens and political leaders of numerous countries. Expressions of great solidarity towards Your Holiness and widespread expressions of good wishes for your health have brought together multitudes of people from every part of the world, and certainly, with particular sensitivity, all the Catholic communities who, grateful for the care of the medical-health personnel who assist you, also find reassurance in the Augustinian exhortation to always maintain trust, even in healing from illnesses, in overcoming difficulties".
The lung operation
Leo XIV's resignation from Gemelli came a few days after the operation last October 13, in which a malignant lung tumor was removed. A "lung adenocarcinoma", as the doctors communicated. Papa Prevost was in the operating room for approximately three hours, while the actual duration of the operation was approximately 90 minutes. "The operation concluded positively, within the expected time and manner. There were no complications", the Vatican said after the operation. In the following days, the Pope's post-operative course was regular and the Pontiff resumed his work activity already from Gemelli. After the final checks, the announcement of his resignation arrived on the morning of October 17th. Then, at 3.30 pm, the Pope left the Gemelli and walked to the car which, in about ten minutes, took him back to the Vatican. Tomorrow, a week after the Angelus in which he revealed to the world that he had to operate to remove "a nodule limited to the lung", Leo XIV will once again appear in St. Peter's Square.
