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Pope Leo XIV Cancels Assisi Visit After Doctors Advise Against Helicopter Journey
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Pope Leo XIV cancels Assisi trip on doctors’ advice after thoracic surgery. Cancellation aims to protect his recovery following surgery, avoiding helicopter travel.
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“reflects medical caution ahead of his planned trip to Latin America in November.”
“However, given the short time that has elapsed since the surgery, his doctors advised against the planned helicopter journey on October 27 as a precaution”
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Assisi Trip Canceled
Pope Leo XIV will not travel to Assisi on October 27 after doctors advised against the planned helicopter journey as he recovers from thoracic surgery.
The Holy See Press Office said the decision followed medical advice “To facilitate his recovery following the thoracic surgery performed on Tuesday of last week, and following the advice of his doctors,” and it added that the pope would not attend the “Unarmed and Disarming Peace” gathering.
The Vatican said the meeting marks the 40th anniversary of the World Day of Prayer for Peace convened by Saint John Paul II, and it said Pope Leo XIV would send a message expressing closeness to organizers, leaders, and representatives of Christian denominations and other religions.
Dr. Luigi Carbone and Professor Stefano Margaritora reported that a follow-up chest X-ray confirmed the pope’s postoperative recovery was progressing very well, while doctors advised against the helicopter trip as a precaution.
The Vatican said the decision does not indicate any abnormality in the pope’s recovery but reflects medical caution ahead of a planned trip to Latin America in November.
Medical Details
Pope Leo XIV’s medical team, Drs. Luigi Carbone and Stefano Margaritora, reported that a chest X-ray confirmed the pope’s “excellent post-operative progress.”
The medical team also said “given the short time that has passed since the operation, the attending physicians have deemed it appropriate to advise against, as a precautionary measure, the planned helicopter trip on Oct. 27th,”.
Folha de S.Paulo said the pope’s lower lobe of his right lung was removed in a surgery performed on October 13, and it said doctors diagnosed pulmonary adenocarcinoma.
Folha de S.Paulo said the pope’s doctors reported that new tests on the tissue taken during the operation confirmed that the cancer was localized and that he would not need any additional oncological treatment.
Decatur Daily said Pope Leo XIV will miss the planned trip to Assisi next week after doctors advised against the helicopter journey as he recovers from lung cancer surgery.
Event and Outreach
Vatican News said the Assisi peace meeting organized by the St. Egidio Community will take place from October 25 to 27, and it marks the 40th anniversary of the historic World Day of Prayer for Peace convened by Pope St. John Paul II in 1986.
This year’s event, entitled “Unarmed and Disarming Peace,” is expected to bring together 384 representatives of religions, cultures, and institutions from 53 countries.
The Holy See Press Office announced that Pope Leo XIV would send a message expressing his closeness to the “organizers, the leaders and representatives of Christian denominations and other religions, and the guests attending”.
The decision not to travel was advised by the attending physicians, who recommended that the Pontiff continue his period of rest and recovery after last week’s thoracic surgery.
The communication specified that the renunciation of the visit is tied exclusively to precautionary reasons, to allow the Holy Father to fully recover after the operation.