Pope Leo XIV will be discharged from the hospital. The Vatican has announced when the first public appearance will take place.

Pope Leo XIV, who is recovering after the removal of a cancerous lung nodule, is considered by his doctors "fit to be discharged" from the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, announced the Vatican press office. "Taking into account the results of blood tests, the chest X-ray taken this morning (Saturday - n.d.) and the evaluation of his clinical condition, the Holy Father was considered fit to be discharged" the doctors Luigi Carbone and Stefano Margaritora wrote in a note given to the Vatican press office, according to AFP, quoted by Agerpres. According to Reuters, the pontiff will be discharged Saturday afternoon from the Gemelli Hospital in Rome. Sunday, he is expected to lead prayers from his apartment in the Vatican for the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square during his first public appearance after being hospitalized. The Vatican has confirmed this information, notes AFP. "Pope Leo XIV will leave today (Saturday) from the Gemelli Hospital. He will leave the hospital in the early afternoon and return to the Vatican. Tomorrow, he will recite the Angelus prayer from the window of the pontifical apartment," transmitted the Vatican press office. The Angelus prayer is generally recited by the pope from the window of the Apostolic Palace, but in recent years, former popes John Paul II and Francis, who were sometimes hospitalized at Gemelli Hospital, recited those prayers from the window of their hospital room. According to Reuters, Pope Leo XIV, aged 71, was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of the lung, the most common form of lung cancer, and the doctors removed the lower lobe of the right lung during a surgical operation that took place on Tuesday at Gemelli Hospital in Rome. The doctors of the pontiff stated that the operation was successful and that there were no complications. They have not yet disclosed the size of the tumor or whether the disease had spread to the nearby lymph nodes - factors essential for determining the medical prognosis. The cancer diagnosis, established for a pope known to be relatively young and energetic, who was elected, in fact, just a short time ago, in May 2025, caused a wave of shock among international public opinion and raised questions about the subsequent evolution of his pontificate, in a context where the leader from the Vatican is facing such a disease. Editor: M.B.