Pope Leo XIV will be discharged from hospital today ( Saturday), four days after undergoing lung cancer surgery.
Pope Leo XIV’s doctors announced on Saturday morning that Pope Leo XIV is fit to be discharged from Gemelli Hospital, Rome.
In a statement from the Holy See Press Office, Dr. Luigi and Professor Stefano Margaritore said the Pope underwent blood tests and chest X-ray in the morning which confirmed that his clinical condition allows for him to leave hospital.
The Holy See Press Office said he returns to Vatican on Saturday afternoon and prayed the Angelus on Sunday from the papal apartment.
Pope Leo XIV was admitted to the Gemelli hospital on Tuesday with doctors removing a nodule that was determined to be pulmonary adenocarcinoma, the most common type of lung cancer.
Pope Leo XIV on Friday celebrated Mass noon in the room set up on the 10th floor of Gemelli Hospital, several members of Gemelli’s medical and nursing staff attended the Mass, alongside members of the Vatican City State Gendarmeries Corps.
“In his homily, the Pope thanked all staff, doctors, nurses, and orderlies for the work they do everyday caring for patients in their frailty, and especially for what they have done and will continue to do for him,” the statement read.
Pope Leo XIV still expected to travel to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru November 6 as planned.
Source: @ VaticanNews
