How does Pope Leo feel after the lung cancer surgery. The first images published by the Vatican

How Pope Leo feels after the lung cancer surgery. First images published by the Vatican Pope Leo's health is improving gradually after the surgery for lung cancer he underwent this week, the Vatican announced on Friday. The Sovereign Pontiff can now carry out his usual daily activities without the help of others, Reuters reports. The Pope will have his first public appearance from hospitalization on Sunday, when he will recite the traditional Angelus prayer. Meanwhile, the Vatican specified that preparations for his visit to South America, scheduled for November, are continuing. Pope Leo was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of the lung, the most common form of lung cancer. Following a surgical intervention on Tuesday, doctors removed the lower lobe of the right lung. The Vatican published the first images of the Pontiff after the operation on Friday. In the photographs, he appears while performing a religious service and stands on his own feet without assistance. "For now, we have not received any information from the doctors regarding his discharge, other than the estimate communicated at the beginning, according to which the hospitalization will last one week," stated a Vatican spokesperson. Pope Leo, aged 71, is scheduled to visit Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru from November 6-17. The President of Peru, Keiko Fujimori, suggested that the visit could be postponed. A sign that preparations are continuing, however, according to plan, is that the Vatican has published the list of journalists accredited to report on the visit.