Pope Leo cleared to leave hospital on Saturday
Doctors have authorised his discharge following lung surgery, publicly available news sources report.
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Pope Leo XIV has been cleared to leave Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Saturday afternoon, The Catholic Herald reports, citing his medical team. AP also reports the announced discharge; his actual departure has not yet been confirmed in the information consulted.
According to the medical update published on Saturday, doctors consider the Pope sufficiently recovered to return to the Vatican. The Catholic Herald lists blood tests, a chest X-ray and his general condition as elements of that assessment.
Leo underwent surgery on Tuesday 13 October in which part of his right lung was removed. Reuters reported on Friday, in a report distributed by AsiaOne on Saturday, that the Pope had been diagnosed with lung cancer. The authorisation for discharge is Saturday’s new development.
The Angelus prayer from the papal apartment is scheduled for Sunday, The Catholic Herald writes. This is an announced appearance. Permission to leave hospital does not in itself establish anything about further treatment or a full recovery.
The available public reports point in the same direction, but the original medical statement could not be checked directly. Several full news articles were also inaccessible. We therefore limit this report to the announced discharge and the clearly attributed information accompanying it.
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Several publicly available news sources report on 17 October that the Pope has been given permission to leave hospital. The text distinguishes the announced discharge from a confirmed departure and makes no statements about a cure.
- confirmed Doctors have authorised discharge from hospital on Saturday 17 October. — The Catholic Herald describes Saturday morning’s medical update; AP also reports discharge on Saturday. source
- confirmed The medical assessment included blood tests, an X-ray and his general condition. — These elements appear in the available version of The Catholic Herald’s report. source
- confirmed On Tuesday 13 October, part of his right lung was removed and lung cancer was diagnosed. — Reuters mentions Tuesday’s surgery and the diagnosis in the report published by AsiaOne. source
- confirmed The Angelus prayer from the papal apartment has been announced for Sunday. — The Catholic Herald describes this as a planned appearance, not an event that has already taken place. source
Editor's note
The dated search results support the announced discharge and the surgery as background. Direct verification of the medical statement and confirmation of the actual departure are lacking. This is not a statement about his prognosis.Sources
- Pope Leo to be discharged from hospital today — The Catholic Herald
- Vatican says Pope Leo to be released from the hospital Saturday, 4 days after lung cancer surgery — Associated Press
- Pope Leo to make Sunday appearance as first images released since cancer surgery — AsiaOne / Reuters
More on this in Dutch media
- NRC — „paus leo xiv”
- NU.nl — „paus leo xiv”
- De Telegraaf — „paus leo xiv”