Pope Leo discharged from hospital after lung surgery

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October 17, 2026

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Pope Leo discharged from hospital after lung surgery

Pope Leo leaves Gemelli Hospital after surgery

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Pope Leo XIV has been discharged from Rome’s Agostino Gemelli Hospital, four days after undergoing lung surgery.

The Holy See Press Office announced his planned discharge on Saturday morning, following a medical assessment that confirmed he was fit to leave hospital.

In a statement, the Pope’s doctors, Dr Luigi Carbone and Professor Stefano Margaritora, said morning blood tests and a chest X-ray had confirmed that his clinical condition allowed him to be discharged.

Before returning to the Vatican, Pope Leo celebrated Mass in a room set aside for that purpose on the hospital’s 10th floor.

The Holy See Press Office also announced that the Pope would lead the noonday Angelus prayer on Sunday from the window of the Apostolic Palace, marking his return to the Vatican after his hospital stay.

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Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Book of Isaiah 45,1.4-6.

Thus says the LORD to his anointed, Cyrus, whose... right hand I grasp, Subduing nations before him, and making kings run in his service, Opening doors before him and leaving the gates unbarred:
For the sake of Jacob, my servant, of Israel my chosen one, I have called you by your name, giving you a title, though you knew me not.
I am the LORD and there is no other, there is no God besides me. It is I who arm you, though you know me not,
so that toward the rising and the setting of the sun men may know that there is none besides me. I am the LORD, there is no other;

Psalms 96(95),1.3.4-5.7-8.9-10a.10c.

Sing to the LORD a new song;
sing... to the LORD, all you lands.
Tell his glory among the nations;
among all peoples, his wondrous deeds.

For great is the LORD and highly to be praised;
awesome is he, beyond all gods.
For all the gods of the nations are things of nought,
but the LORD made the heavens.

Give to the LORD, you families of nations,
give to the LORD glory and praise;
give to the LORD the glory due his name!
Bring gifts and enter His courts.

Worship the LORD in holy attire.
Tremble before him, all the earth;
Say among the nations: The LORD is king.
He governs the peoples with equity.

First Letter to the Thessalonians 1,1-5b.

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the church... of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: grace to you and peace.
We give thanks to God always for all of you, remembering you in our prayers, unceasingly
calling to mind your work of faith and labor of love and endurance in hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father,
knowing, brothers loved by God, how you were chosen.
For our gospel did not come to you in word alone, but also in power and in the holy Spirit and with much conviction. You know what sort of people we were among you for your sake.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 22,15-21.

The Pharisees went off and plotted how they... might entrap him in speech.
They sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. And you are not concerned with anyone's opinion, for you do not regard a person's status.
Tell us, then, what is your opinion: Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not?"
Knowing their malice, Jesus said, "Why are you testing me, you hypocrites?
Show me the coin that pays the census tax." Then they handed him the Roman coin.
He said to them, "Whose image is this and whose inscription?"
They replied, "Caesar's." At that he said to them, "Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God."

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