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Pope Leo discharged from hospital on Saturday, four days after surgery

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Pope Leo XIV was released from Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Saturday, four days after undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his right lung .

The pope exited via the hospital's main entrance. A large crowd waiting outside the hospital cheered for him.

He shook hands with several people, then stopped to talk with a young woman who appeared to be wearing a bandage on her right arm and was holding a doll in the image of Pope Leo.

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