Pope Leo XIV greets people as he leaves by car the Gemelli University Hospital, four days after a surgery to remove a cancerous tumour from his right lung, in Rome on October 17, 2026. (Photo by Isabella BONOTTO / AFP)
October 17, 2026
ROME, Italy (AFP)—Pope Leo XIV left hospital on Saturday to return to the Vatican, four days after his lung cancer surgery, AFP reporters saw.
The 71-year-old leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics came out to cheers and applause from well-wishers outside the hospital.
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