Pope Leo XIV has been pictured celebrating Mass from hospital, in the first images of him released by the Vatican since he underwent lung surgery.The 71-year-old pontiff was diagnosed with lung cancer after the surgery at Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Tuesday afternoon, which the Vatican said had been "successful" and proceeded without complications.The images shared on Friday showed the Chicago-born Pope wearing a green robe while standing behind a makeshift altar on the tenth floor of the hospital.Pope Leo "celebrated with the medical and nursing staff" and thanked workers for their service, the Vatican press office said.On Friday, the Pope's doctors said tests had shown "a steady improvement in his general condition" since his procedure.His doctors said that a chest X-ray indicated "good recovery of the operated lung".The whole lower lobe of the Pope's right lung was removed "to ensure the procedure was radical", the Vatican said following the surgery.
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Pope pictured for first time since surgery and cancer diagnosis
Pope Leo XIV has been pictured celebrating Mass from his hospital room at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, marking the first images released by the Vatican since his surgery. The 71-year-old pontiff underwent successful lung surgery on Tuesday, following which he was diagnosed with lung cancer.
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Pope Leo XIV has been pictured celebrating Mass from his hospital room at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, marking the first images released by the Vatican since his surgery. The 71-year-old pontiff underwent successful lung surgery on Tuesday, following which he was diagnosed with lung cancer. The Vatican stated the procedure proceeded without complications. The images show the Pope thanking medical and nursing staff for their service. Doctors reported a steady improvement in his general condition and good recovery of the operated lung, which had its whole lower right lobe removed to ensure a radical procedure.
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The whole lower lobe of the Pope's right lung was removed to ensure the procedure was radical.
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Pope Leo XIV has been pictured celebrating Mass from hospital for the first time since surgery and cancer diagnosis.
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