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  "id": 15178310,
  "title": "Pope will leave hospital, return to Vatican Saturday",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/pope-will-leave-hospital-return-to-vatican-saturday",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-17T10:14:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
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    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/10/17/pope-will-leave-hospital-return-to-vatican-saturday"
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  "account": "Pope Leo XIV is set to leave the Rome hospital on Saturday, concluding his recovery from lung cancer surgery. Doctors at the Gemelli hospital, located north of the Vatican, deemed the 71-year-old fit for discharge following blood tests, a chest X-ray and a review of his clinical condition. The Vatican confirmed that Pope Leo XIV will be discharged from the Gemelli Polyclinic and will return to the Vatican in the early afternoon. After his return, the Pope will recite the Angelus prayer from the window of his papal apartment on Sunday, a tradition typically observed by the pontiff. The Angelus prayer, a public devotion typically given from the window of the Apostolic Palace, was previously recited by former popes John Paul II and Francis from their hospital rooms during their own hospital stays.",
  "summary": "The pontiff has been at the Gemelli hospital north of the Vatican since Tuesday, where doctors removed part of his right lung to extract a cancerous tumour.",
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        "outlet": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
        "title": "An American Pope Brings American-Style Governance to the Vatican, Even in a Health Crisis",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/an-american-pope-brings-american-style-governance-to-the-vatican-even-15142948",
        "published": "2026-10-17T06:53:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Pope will leave hospital, return to Vatican Saturday",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/pope-will-leave-hospital-return-to-vatican-saturday-15179839",
        "published": "2026-10-17T10:14:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Pope Leo XIV cleared for discharge from hospital, Vatican says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/pope-leo-xiv-cleared-for-discharge-from-hospital-vatican-says",
        "published": "2026-10-17T10:15:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Pope Leo to be discharged from hospital on Saturday, Vatican says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/pope-leo-to-be-discharged-from-hospital-on-saturday-vatican-says",
        "published": "2026-10-17T10:16:39.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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