Pope Leo Returns to Vatican Window for Angelus Saying Prayers Sustained Him After Cancer Surgery
The pope thanked worshippers for prayers after a complex operation removed a malignant lung tumor, and doctors said he should recover within 10 days.
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Pope Leo XIV appears at the window of his study in the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for the traditional noon blessing after praying the Angelus, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026, a day after he returned from the hospital, where he had lung cancer removed on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pope Leo Returns to Vatican Window for Angelus Saying Prayers Sustained Him After Cancer Surgery
One week after Pope Leo XIV first revealed to the world that he would be undergoing lung surgery, the pope returned to the window of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace Oct. 18, thanking Catholics worldwide for their prayers five days after undergoing lung cancer surgery.
Pope Leo XIV Returns to Vatican after Lung Surgery
Pope Leo XIV thanked Catholics for their prayers after returning to the Vatican following surgery to remove a malignant lung tumour. His surgeon said the pontiff is expected to make a full recovery within ten days and could still travel to South America in November.
The Italian surgeon Stefano Margaritora, director of the thoracic surgery unit of the Polyclinic University Foundation Agostino Gemelli, where he operated Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday (13) revealed that the leader of the Catholic Church was diagnosed "completely by chance". In an interview with the Holy See news site, Vatican News, Margaritora explained on Saturday (17) that Leo was examined "for other reasons" — not detailed by the doctor. Found "ac…
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periodicodaily.com(Adnkronos) - Pope Leo XIV, operated at the Gemini for the removal of a malignant pulmonary fibroma, had announced during the Angelus the necessity
Pope Leo XIV made his first appearance in the Vatican, after the success in his surgical procedure performed last week to remove a nodule from the lung. The pontiff appeared to the faithful on Sunday (18). The Holy Father was discharged from hospital on Saturday (17) and went home, where he would perform the Angelus prayer.
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