Vatican: Pope Leo will leave the hospital on Saturday after lung surgery

The Vatican said that Pope Leo XIV will leave the hospital on Saturday, four days after undergoing surgery to treat lung cancer. The first American pope was admitted to Gemili Hospital on Tuesday, where doctors removed a nodule that was identified as lung adenocarcinoma, the most common type of lung cancer.

His treating doctors, Dr. Luigi Carbone and Professor Stefano Margaritura, said: “In light of the results of the blood tests and chest The Pope is likely to leave the hospital on Saturday afternoon and return to the Vatican, after presiding over the midday Mass inside the medical facility.

The Pope is also scheduled to deliver the traditional sermon on Sunday from a window overlooking St. Peter's Square, a week after he informed the crowds that he would undergo surgery.