Rome, October 22 (askanews) – “The first thing I would like to say to you is thank you, thank you for the support of your prayers, thank God for his generosity”: this is how Pope Leo XIV thanked the faithful for their prayers during his first General Audience in St. Peter's Square, after being discharged from Rome's Gemelli Hospital following lung surgery. A tour in the popemobile through a packed square, despite the uncertain weather in Rome, marked a return to normality for the 71-year-old pontiff. In the evening, the final histological examination report and molecular biology tests on the material removed during surgery at the Gemelli Hospital arrived. The results confirmed that the tumor was a lung adenocarcinoma and that the disease was localized.
A subsequent oncological evaluation confirmed that no further therapy is necessary,” communicated Dr. Luigi Carbone, the Pope's personal physician, and Professor Stefano Margaritora, the surgeon who operated on him.
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