🕛 VATICAN REPORT | Saturday 17 October 2026 midday

🏥 The Pope leaves Gemelli Pope Leo XIV is returning to the Vatican. Luigi Carbone and Stefano Margaritora assessed his clinical picture, blood tests and this morning's chest X-ray, and the Pope was "judged fit for discharge". The Press Office says he will leave Rome's Gemelli Hospital in the early afternoon, after his admission for surgery on the right lung on Tuesday. 🙏 Angelus from the window tomorrow On Sunday 18 October the Pope will pray the Angelus from the window of the papal apartment overlooking St Peter's Square. It will be his first public appearance since the operation. 🎖️ Eastern Churches Edouard Daher, until now Archbishop of Tripoli, Lebanon, has been elected Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia of the Greek-Melkites, Jordan, by Youssef Absi, Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites, with the consent of the Synod. The resignation of Joseph Gébara was accepted. 📌 To watch • Departure from Gemelli in the early afternoon and return to the Vatican • Tomorrow's Angelus at noon • Indications on the agenda after 20 October and the November trip #LeoXIV #Vatican