{"id":87479,"date":"2026-10-17T08:03:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T12:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=87479"},"modified":"2026-10-17T08:03:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T12:03:44","slug":"answered-prayers-pope-will-be-released-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/answered-prayers-pope-will-be-released-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Answered Prayers: Pope Will Be Released Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From AP:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/83ca17c\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/7087x4725+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F60%2F2a%2F330f1bfb46b17cd527e69f90f790%2Faf3f79c371bb490fa99caf5903906f73\" alt=\"This picture, released by Vatican Media on Friday, Oct. 16, 2026, shows Pope Leo XIV, flanked by his personal secretary, Monsignor Edgard Iv\u00e1n Rimaycuna Inga, left, celebrating Mass at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, where he is recovering after having cancer removed from his right lung. (Vatican Media via AP)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV is being released from the hospital on Saturday, four days after<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/vatican-pope-surgery-86268530ef22fd14d2712067e89946f1\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">lung cancer surgery<\/a><\/span>, and will deliver the traditional noon blessing Sunday from a window overlooking St. Peter\u2019s Square, the Vatican announced.\u00a0The 71-year-old Leo had the lower lobe of his right lung removed after doctors identified a suspected cancerous nodule. The surgery confirmed <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pope-leo-xiv-lung-cancer-adenocarcinoma-56b1c4fa87864d157eb3999a64f94c87\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">he had adenocarcinoma<\/a><\/span>, the most common type of lung cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>His personal physician and surgeon said in a separate statement that Leo was \u201cdeemed fit for discharge from the hospital\u201d based on blood test results and a chest X-ray performed Saturday morning, along with an assessment of his clinical condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From AP: Pope Leo XIV is being released from the hospital on Saturday, four days after lung cancer surgery, and.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87479"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87480,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87479\/revisions\/87480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}