Pope Leo XIV has been cleared to leave Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Saturday after surgery to remove a cancerous lung nodule, the Vatican said.
In a statement, doctors Luigi Carbone and Stefano Margaritora said the Pope had been judged fit for discharge after blood tests, a chest X-ray carried out on Saturday morning and an assessment of his overall clinical condition.
The Vatican confirmed that Pope Leo XIV would leave the Gemelli Polyclinic later on Saturday.
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It said he would leave the hospital in the early afternoon and return to the Vatican.
On Sunday, he is due to recite the Angelus prayer from the window of the papal apartment, the Vatican added.
The Angelus is normally delivered by the Pope from the window of the Apostolic Palace.
In recent years, however, Popes John Paul II and Francis, who were also treated at Gemelli hospital, recited the prayer from the window of their hospital room.
