# Pope Leo XIV to leave hospital and return to Vatican after lung surgery

https://mins.news/en/item/104282

- Fox News, 2026-10-17 11:19 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.foxnews.com/world/pope-leo-xiv-discharged-hospital-return-vatican-surgery-remove-lung-cancer

> The Holy See said Pope Leo XIV would leave Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Saturday and return to the Vatican. He had surgery to remove a cancerous nodule from his right lung, and blood tests and a chest X-ray showed he was well enough to be discharged.

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