00:00Pope Leo XIV thanked thousands of faithful in St. Peter's Square on Sunday for their prayers while he was hospitalized
00:07for an operation to remove a malignant tumor.
00:10He was discharged from a hospital in Rome earlier on Sunday and returned to the Vatican where he led a
00:15prayer overlooking a crowd which erupted in cheers at his sight.
00:37The 71-year-old Poniff had the lower lobe of his right lung removed on Tuesday in the first major
00:43health event of his 17-month pontificate.
00:46Leo's next major engagement is an ambitious trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru from November 6th to the 17th, including
00:54a dozen flights and two helicopter rides to high altitudes.
00:57His medical team detailed that they expect him to make a full recovery within 10 days, adding that there is
01:03no clinical reason for him to cancel his planned journey.
