Pope to be released from hospital after lung cancer surgery

The pope is being treated in hospital in Rome (AP)

The Pope is being released from the hospital on Saturday, four days after lung cancer surgery, the Vatican announced.

The 71-year-old Leo XIV had the lower lobe of his right lung removed after doctors identified a suspected cancerous nodule.

The surgery confirmed Leo had adenocarcinoma, the most common type of lung cancer.

Leo will also deliver the traditional Sunday blessing from a window overlooking St Peter’s Square on Sunday, one week after he announced to the crowd that a nodule had been discovered in his lung.