As confirmed by the October 16 medical bulletin and the Holy See Press Office, Pope Leo XIV leads the Sunday Angelus directly from the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic, five days after the October 13 surgery to remove the lower lobe of the right lung (adenocarcinoma). This is the Pontiff's first public appearance since the operation. Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin had indicated on October 16 that, if health conditions allowed, the Angelus would be held from the Gemelli; the October 16 bulletin then confirmed steady improvement in the Pope's general condition, as he had already resumed work activity and celebrated Mass in the hospital in the preceding days.