Pope Leo to be discharged from hospital on Saturday, Vatican says
CBS News reports: Pope Leo XIV will be released from hospital on Saturday, four days after surgery on his right lung, the Vatican announced.The 71-year-old pope had a portion of his right lung removed and received a diagnosis of lung cancer earlier this week. "He will leave the hospital in the early afternoon and return to the Vatican," a statement from the Holy See released on Saturday said, adding that he will recite the Angelus prayer from the window of the papal apartment on Sunday.His personal physician and surgeon said in a separate statement that Leo was "deemed fit for discharge from the hospital" based on blood test results and a chest X-ray performe….
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