“Pope Leo XIV to be discharged from hospital and return to Vatican”

Key points

• Pope Leo XIV to be discharged from Rome's Gemelli Polyclinic on Saturday.
• Doctors deemed him fit after surgery on his right lung.
• The pope will return to the Vatican in the early afternoon.
• He will recite the Angelus prayer from the papal apartment window on Sunday.
• Surgery duration was about 90 minutes with the operation lasting around three hours.