Pope Leo XIV Leaves Hospital After Right-Lung Cancer Surgery, Set to Lead Sunday Prayer
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Updated · NBC News · Oct 17
Pope Leo XIV Leaves Hospital After Right-Lung Cancer Surgery, Set to Lead Sunday Prayer
3 articles · Updated · NBC News · Oct 17
Summary
Saturday discharge from Rome’s Gemelli hospital cleared Pope Leo XIV to return to the Vatican after surgery removed a cancerous nodule from his right lung.
Doctors Luigi Carbone and Stefano Margaritora said blood tests, a chest X-ray and a clinical assessment showed the 1.4 billion Catholics’ leader was fit to leave.
No further treatment has been indicated so far, though the Vatican has not said whether the cancer spread after pathology identified the nodule as adenocarcinoma, a non-small cell lung cancer.
Leo had already resumed work from the hospital on Thursday, and the Vatican on Friday released images of him celebrating Mass there as doctors reported continued improvement.
His recovery is now in focus less than a month before a two-week South America trip due to start Nov. 11, including a planned weeklong visit to Peru.