First post-operative photo of the Pope
The Vatican has released the first image of Pope Leon XIV officiating mass.
The Vatican has published the first photo ofPope Leon XIV after his lung surgery. Three days after his "radical" surgery to remove the cancerous tissue detected, the Holy See has released two photographs showing the pope officiating a mass.
He is still hospitalized and has taken advantage ofhis homily there to thank the health workers for their work. Dressed in green priestly suits and white calota, he has been photographed with personal secretary Edgar Rimaycuna.
Leon XIV, 71, was operated on October 13 and removed from his lower right lung lobe by means of a video-assisted surgery technique. On the fourth day of hospitalization, according to medical bulletins, heis"improving" and regaining "full autonomy".