On October 12 the Prefecture of the Papal Household had announced the cancellation of all of Pope Leo XIV's public audiences through Tuesday, October 20, ahead of the October 13 surgery at Gemelli Hospital to remove a lung adenocarcinoma (lower lobe of the right lung). After being discharged from hospital on the afternoon of Saturday, October 17 and making his first public appearance on Sunday the 18th, reciting the Angelus from the window of the Apostolic Palace, no public engagements are scheduled for Monday, October 19: the Pontiff continues his convalescence in the Vatican apartments, ahead of the end of the audience suspension period set for October 20.