"The thoracic surgery department at Gemelli is definitely of an excellent standard," said Dr. Barbara Moscatelli. "The pope is in excellent hands."

On this week's episode of "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," John Dear hosts Cyprian Consiglio, a well-known composer, musician and Camaldolese monk.

Pope Leo XIV thanked thousands of faithful in St. Peter's Square on Sunday for their prayers while he was hospitalized for an operation to remove a malignant tumor, and said he plans to gradually return to his usual duties. The crowd erupted in cheers when the pontiff showed himself in the window overlooking the square, where a week ago on the same occasion of the traditional Angelus blessing he revealed that a nodule had been located on his lung, and that it would be surgically removed.