Faithful pack St Peter's Square for Pope Leo's Sunday blessing after he leaves hospital just FOUR DAYS after cancer surgery

'It is a miracle that he recovered already,' said Cosimo Mastrocinque, a retired factory worker from Puglia. On Tuesday, surgeons took out the lower lobe of the 71-year-old pontiff's right lung, and the procedure confirmed adenocarcinoma. His surgeon, Dr Stefano Margaritora, says there are 'no clinical reasons' to stop his November trip to Uruguay, Peru and Argentina. Results on whether the cancer has spread are still awaited.

Pope Leo said 'I am much better' as he was driven away from Rome's Gemelli hospital.

A Ukrainian girl, 13, handed him a homemade papal doll after beating cancer herself.

Michigan pilgrim Marla Marsala said: 'We are praying with him today instead of for him.'