00:00Pope Leo XIV thanked thousands of faithful in St. Peter's Square on Sunday for their prayers
00:06while he was hospitalized for an operation to remove a malignant tumor.
00:10He was discharged from a hospital in Rome earlier on Sunday
00:13and returned to the Vatican where he led a prayer 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
00:41in the first major health event of his 17-month pontificate.
00:46Leo's next major engagement is an ambitious trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru from November 6th
00:52to the 17th, including a 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
01:02adding that there is no clinical reason for him to cancel his planned journey.
