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Pope Leo XIV to Resume General Audiences This Week
Confirmed
In Short: Pope Leo XIV will resume his Wednesday general audiences at the Vatican this week, despite skipping his usual stay at Castel Gandolfo.
Pope Leo XIV announced he will resume his Wednesday general audiences at the Vatican this week, according to his Angelus address on Sunday. The Pope stated, 'Having overcome this delicate phase, as you know, I will now gradually resume my activities, always with God’s help and your prayers.'
Dr. Stefano Margaritora, who operated on the Pope on October 13 at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, has cleared him to proceed with his planned apostolic journey to South America in November. However, the Pope will skip his usual stay at the papal villa of Castel Gandolfo.
Louis Prevost, one of Pope Leo XIV’s brothers, expressed surprise in a Sunday interview with Fox News that the South American trip would proceed. He said, 'I thought maybe they’d postpone that.'
Prevost also shared that he and the Pope had talked every day during his hospitalization. He noted, 'Every time I talked to him or texted him [during his hospitalization], he was answering.'
The Pope’s brother added, 'So, I know other than during the operation and in his brief, quick recovery, he was incommunicado. But since then, almost anytime I reach out to him, he is right there.'
What's confirmed
- The same day, Dr. Stefano Margaritora, who operated on Pope Leo on Oct. 13 at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, cleared the pope to proceed with his apostolic journey to South America in November.
- “Having overcome this delicate phase, as you know, I will now gradually resume my activities, always with Godʼs help and your prayers,” the pope said in his Angelus address.
- “I thought maybe theyʼd postpone that,” Prevost said.
- But he will skip his usual Monday-evening-through-Tuesday-evening stay at the papal villa of Castel Gandolfo southeast of Rome.
- Louis Prevost, one of Pope Leo XIV’s brothers, expressed surprise in a Sunday interview with Fox News that Margaritora had cleared the pope’s trip.
- Pope Leo XIV will resume his Wednesday general audience at the Vatican this week.
- Prevost also shared that he and the pope had talked every day during his hospitalization.
- Louis Prevost, the pope’s brother, expressed surprise in an interview that the South American trip would proceed.
- “Every time I talked to him or texted him [during his hospitalization], he was answering,” Prevost said.
- 18, Leo resumed praying the Sunday Angelus from the window of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican.
What's still developing
- The white horse is a gift from Michalski Stables in Kołobrzeg-Budzistowo, and will reside in Castel Gandolfo, home to the Vaticanʼs equestrian center.
- He will not be travelling to his second residence at Castel Gandolfo, as he usually does every Monday evening.