Pope Leo leaves hospital for Vatican four days after lung cancer surgery

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• Pope Leo XIV has left Rome's Gemelli Hospital to return to the Vatican, four days after surgery for lung cancer. The 71-year-old walked unaided to his car on Saturday and stopped to speak with well-wishers.
• Doctors said he was well enough to go home after fresh blood tests and chest imaging. The pope will lead weekly prayers with pilgrims in St.
• Peter's Square on Sunday, his first public engagement since the operation. Doctors say the surgery was completed successfully without complications, but have not yet disclosed the size of the tumour or whether the cancer has spread.