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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Colleen Barry

Vatican says Pope Leo to be released from the hospital Saturday, 4 days after lung cancer surgery

APTOPIX Vatican Pope Surgery - (Vatican Media)

Pope Leo XIV is being released from the hospital on Saturday, four days after lung cancer surgery, and will deliver the traditional noon blessing Sunday from a window overlooking St. Peter's Square, 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.

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