{"id":87492,"date":"2026-10-18T08:20:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T12:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=87492"},"modified":"2026-10-18T08:20:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T12:20:28","slug":"with-strong-voice-leo-xiv-thanks-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/with-strong-voice-leo-xiv-thanks-crowd\/","title":{"rendered":"With Strong Voice, Leo XIV Thanks Crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From AP:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/348d9ce\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1919x1279+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F91%2F2c%2F5805b7756ca4785c673b04554e3b%2F8001ff24b6c44e31a767e07c6a81092a\" alt=\"Pope Leo XIV appears at the window of his study in the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for the traditional noon blessing after praying the Angelus, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026, a day after he returned from the hospital, where he had lung cancer removed on Tuesday. (AP Photo\/Alessandra Tarantino)\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/pope-leo-xiv\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">Pope Leo XIV<\/a><\/span> thanked thousands of faithful in St. Peter\u2019s Square on Sunday for their prayers while he was hospitalized for an operation to remove a malignant tumor, and said he plans to gradually return to his usual duties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The crowd erupted in cheers when the pontiff showed himself in the window overlooking the square, where a week ago on the same occasion of the traditional Angelus blessing he <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pope-leo-lung-surgery-hospital-release-41683469bc294bcae08aa631b622e435\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">revealed that a nodule<\/a><\/span> had been<\/span> located on his lung, and that it would be surgically removed.\u00a0\u2019\u2019Now that this delicate phase is behind me, I will gradually resume my activities, always with God\u2019s help and your prayers,\u201d Leo said, his voice sounding strong four days after the lower lobe of his right lung was removed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From AP: Pope Leo XIV thanked thousands of faithful in St. Peter\u2019s Square on Sunday for their prayers while he.<\/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-87492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87492","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=87492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87493,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87492\/revisions\/87493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}