Pope Leo XIV will be discharged from the hospital on Saturday after undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous nodule from his right lung, the Vatican said, and will make an appearance to lead prayer on Sunday.“Following the conclusions reached by the medical team this morning, Pope Leo XIV will be discharged today from Gemelli Polyclinic Hospital, where he was admitted for surgery on his right lung,” the Holy See Press said Saturday in a statement.“He will leave the hospital in the early afternoon and return to the Vatican,” it added.He was expected to recite the Angelus prayer from the window of the papal apartment at St.Peter’s Basilica on Sunday, according to the statement.The pontiff’s personal doctor, Dr.
Luigi Carbone, and the head of thoracic surgery at Gemelli Hospital, Dr.Stefano Margaritora, said that in light of blood tests and a chest X-ray performed Saturday morning, and after an assessment of his clinical condition, “the Holy Father has been deemed fit for discharge from the hospital.”So far, Leo’s doctors have given no indication that the pontiff might need any further treatment.
And the Vatican has not indicated whether the cancer might have spread.Leo, who is a Chicago native, resumed working from the hospital on Thursday, his doctors and the Vatican reported.A drawing of Pope Leo XIV is laid at the statue of John Paul II outside the Gemelli University Hospital, where Pope Leo XIV is recovering after undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous tumour from his right lung.Alberto Pizzoli / AFP via Getty ImagesThe Vatican on Friday released the first images of Leo since his surgery, showing him celebrating Mass inside the hospital, as doctors said that tests confirmed the “continued improvement” in his recovery.The photos show Leo standing up at the altar in green vestments celebrating Mass in a makeshift chapel that has been set up for him.
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