Pope Leo XIV was discharged from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital and returned to the Vatican on Saturday after doctors deemed him fit to leave following surgery on his right lung, according to a statement from his medical team.

“Based on the blood tests and chest X-ray performed this morning, and after evaluating his clinical condition, the Holy Father has been deemed fit for discharge,” Dr. Luigi Carbone and Prof. Stefano Margaritora said in a statement.
Pope Leo XIV was discharged from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital and returned to the Vatican on Saturday after doctors deemed him fit to leave following surgery on his right lung, according to a statement from his medical team.

“Based on the blood tests and chest X-ray performed this morning, and after evaluating his clinical condition, the Holy Father has been deemed fit for discharge,” Dr. Luigi Carbone and Prof. Stefano Margaritora said in a statement.
Live Vatican TV video showed pope greeting people inside the hospital behind the barricades as he walked to the main hospital entrance. The pope then walked outside greeted and waved at the crowd and shook hands of hospital staff lined up by car to see him off.
Before departing, the pope stopped to speak to a Ukrainian family. The priest who was accompanying them is the head of the Ukrainian section of Vatican Radio, Father Taras Kotsur, a member of the Basilian Order of St. Josaphat.

The Vatican said the pope is scheduled to recite the Angelus prayer from the window of the papal apartment on Sunday.