VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV is being released from the hospital on Saturday, four days after lung cancer surgery, the Vatican announced.
The 71-year-old Leo had the lower lobe of his right lung removed after doctors identified a suspected cancerous nodule. The surgery confirmed he had adenocarcinoma, the most common type of lung cancer.
Leo will also deliver the traditional Sunday blessing from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, one week after he announced to the crowd that a nodule had been discovered in his lung.
