教皇利奥十四世周六在接受肺癌手术后出院，驾驶黑色SUV离开时对场外支持者表示自己感觉“好多了”。
Pope Leo XIV was released from the hospital on Saturday after undergoing surgery for lung cancer, telling supporters outside he was feeling “much better” as he was driven away in a black SUV.
这位71岁的教皇在医生切除其右肺下叶四天后离开罗马阿戈斯蒂诺·杰梅利大学医院，此前他被诊断出患有肺腺癌——一种常见的肺癌类型。
The 71-year-old pontiff left Rome’s Agostino Gemelli University Hospital four days after surgeons removed the lower lobe of his right lung following his diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma, a common form of lung cancer.
利奥原定出院时间提前了三天，梵蒂冈表示他仍将在周日从宗座宫窗口进行正午祈祷。然而，他的所有公开活动已取消至10月20日。
Leo was discharged three days before originally planned and the Vatican said he would still conduct noonday prayer from the window of the Apostolic Palace on Sunday. However, all his audiences have been canceled until Oct. 20.
尽管手术成功，但尚未宣布他是否需要进一步治疗，例如化疗——这引发了少数天主教徒曾经考虑过的问题：当教皇因病无法履职时，谁来管理罗马天主教会？
Although the surgery was successful, it hasn’t yet been announced whether he will need further treatment, such as chemotherapy — raising a question few Catholics have had reason to consider: Who runs the Roman Catholic Church when the pope is sidelined by illness?
教会法律并未明确规定教皇因医疗问题无法履职时如何临时转移其权威。圣约翰大学神学系主任帕特里克·弗拉纳甘神父告诉《邮报》：“教会法律没有针对紧急情况的规定。如果教皇丧失行为能力、生病、患痴呆或住院一段时间，实际上没有明确的指示表明谁将负责。”
Church law has no clear mechanism for temporarily transferring a pope’s authority if he becomes unable to perform his duties due to a medical issue, Rev. Patrick Flanagan, chair of St. John’s University’s theology department, told The Post. “Church law does not provide for any emergency situations. If a pope were to be incapacitated, get sick, get dementia or be in the hospital for a period of time, there’s no real indication of who would be in charge,” Flanagan explained.
弗拉纳甘解释道：“天主教会美妙之处在于它是一个运作良好的组织。每个人都有自己的位置，每个人都清楚自己的责任。因此教会仍在继续运作。”
“One of the beautiful things about the Catholic Church is that it’s a well-run organization. Everyone has a place and everyone knows the responsibility. So the church continues.”
10月11日周日正午祈祷时，数千人聚集在圣彼得广场，这位出生于美国的教皇从宗座宫窗口宣布他将接受手术以切除一个“局部结节”。这一公开宣布前所未有，因为天主教会向来有保密教皇健康问题的历史。
Thousands were gathered in St. Peter’s Square for Sunday noon prayer on Oct. 11 when the American-born pope announced from the Apostolic Palace window that he would be having an operation to remove a “localized nodule.”That public announcement is unprecedented, as the Catholic Church has a history of keeping the health issues of popes shrouded in secrecy.
“我不相信之前有教皇在我们毫不知情的情况下失去行为能力。他们只是没有露面，”弗拉纳根说。
“I’m not convinced that there have been previous popes that have not been incapacitated that we knew nothing about. They just didn’t show up,” Flanagan said.
但教皇是首位出生于美国的教皇这一事实可能已经改变了这一点，他补充道。
But the fact that the pontiff is the first US-born pope may have changed that, he added.
“他身上具有的美国特质之一就是，他希望尽可能地向面前的上帝子民保持透明。因此我认为他正试图在透明与隐私之间取得平衡，”他说。
“One of his American traits is that he wants to be as transparent as he can be with the people of God in front of him. So I think he’s trying to balance transparency with privacy,” he said.
“有人向你倾诉自己的脆弱，这确实非常了不起……因为，你甚至还没到工作两年，就已经在面对健康问题。人们开始担心——这会不会影响他余下的教皇生涯？”周二进行的90分钟手术中，医生在切除他右肺的一个小结节时发现了恶性肿瘤并切除了其下叶，他在2025年5月当选仅17个月后被诊断出患有肺腺癌。
“For someone to tell you about their vulnerability is pretty remarkable … because, you’re not even two years into your job and you’re already dealing with health issues. And people are starting to worry — will this impact the rest of his pontificate?”It was during a 90-minute surgery on Tuesday to remove a small nodule in his right lung that doctors found a malignant tumor and removed its lower lobe, and he was diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma just 17 months after being elected in May 2025.
周四，梵蒂冈表示，他的圣洁“接受了常规检查，结果正常”，并补充说“胸部X光显示接受手术的肺部恢复良好”。
On Thursday, the Vatican said His Holiness “underwent routine checks, which yielded normal results,” adding that “the chest X-ray showed good recovery of the lung that underwent surgery.”
他还“独立完成了日常活动”，包括在医院举行弥撒，而“他的物理治疗课程包括全方位的身体活动”。手术次日，数千人聚集在圣彼得广场，参加教皇利奥原定主持的弥撒。然而，由教皇利奥于10月8日任命为红衣主教团新任院长的路易斯·安东尼奥·塔格莱红衣主教主持了弥撒。
He also “carried out his daily activities independently,” including celebrating mass in the hospital, and “his physiotherapy session included a full range of physical activities.”Thousands gathered in St. Peter’s Square the day after his surgery for a Mass that Pope Leo was scheduled to celebrate. Instead, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, who was approved as the new dean of the College of Cardinals on Oct. 8 by Pope Leo, presided.
“人们的反应非常强烈且深感触动，因为他们认识到，尽管他担任教皇的时间很短，但他已经产生了如此不可思议的影响，”弗拉纳根说。
“The reaction has been overwhelmingly strikingly touching because people recognize that in just a short period of time that he’s been pope, he’s made such an incredible impact,” Flanagan said.
教皇利奥，原名罗伯特·弗朗西斯·普雷沃斯特，在10月7日至14日举行的为期一周的梵蒂冈峰会期间住院。此次峰会汇聚了来自世界各地的200名红衣主教、主教、专家和已婚夫妇。
Pope Leo, whose name is Robert Francis Prevost, was admitted to the hospital during a weeklong Vatican summit of 200 including cardinals, bishops, experts and married couples from around the world, which ran from Oct. 7-14.
他们在《爱的喜乐》发表十周年之际聚会，该文件是由前任教皇方济各撰写的，内容涉及爱情、婚姻和性。根据《国家天主教记者》的报道，他们讨论的主题范围从年轻夫妇的同居到社交媒体上的影响者描绘“传统”家庭，常被称为“传统妻子”文化。
They convened on the 10th anniversary of Amoris Laetitia, a document written about love, marriage and sexuality by his predecessor Pope Francis, to discuss “topics ranging from cohabitation of young couples to influencers on social media portraying ‘traditional’ families, often referred to as ‘trad wife’ culture,” according to the National Catholic Reporter.
在研讨会期间，教皇利奥发表了一份声明，他说：“正如你们所知，在这几天里我无法与你们在一起。我衷心感谢你们的祈祷以及你们共同所做的工作。你们分享经验和倾听的态度确实是对全教会的一份礼物。我请求你们为我祈祷，正如我也为你们祈祷。”
During the symposium, Pope Leo released a statement, saying: “As you know, I have been unable to be among you during these days. I thank you warmly for your prayers and for the work you have done together. Your sharing of experiences and attentive listening are indeed a gift to the whole Church. I ask you please to pray for me, as I pray for you.”
周二，教皇利奥原定前往罗马郊外的 Castel Gandolfo（距罗马15英里），代表他的母校维拉诺瓦大学在其国际可持续发展大会上颁发以他名义命名的可持续发展奖章。维拉诺瓦大学校长、Rev. Peter M. Donohue 在他缺席的情况下，将奖章颁予了首位获奖者、枢机迈克尔·切尔尼。
On Tuesday, Pope Leo was supposed to travel to Castel Gandolfo, 15 miles from Rome, to present a sustainability medal in his name on behalf of his alma mater, Villanova University, during its International Sustainability Conference. Villanova’s president, Rev. Peter M. Donohue, presented the medal to its inaugural recipient, Cardinal Michael Czerny, in his absence.
还有传言称教皇将于11月1日在罗马的 Palazzo dello Sport 参加维拉诺瓦大学篮球队对阵圣母大学的比赛，该赛事被称为“永恒之城开球赛”。比赛前一天，即10月31日，将在圣彼得大教堂由 Nelson J. Pérez 大主教主持私人弥撒，随后计划在圣保禄六世接见厅与教皇进行会见。
It was also rumored the pope would attend the Villanova basketball game in Rome against Notre Dame dubbed the Eternal City Tip-Off on Nov. 1 at the Palazzo dello Sport. Ahead of the game, on Oct. 31, there will be a private Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica celebrated by Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez, followed by a planned audience with His Holiness at St. Paul VI Audience Hall.
从11月6日至17日，他被安排前往乌拉圭、阿根廷和秘鲁进行访问，期间他曾于2015年至2023年担任奇克拉约主教。此次行程将覆盖19,000英里，历时12天，包含14次航班，Flanagan 解释了其意义。
From Nov. 6-17, he is booked for a trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, where he served as Bishop of Chiclayo from 2015 to 2023. The trip would be 19,000 miles over 12 days and include 14 flights, and Flanagan explained its significance.
“我认为这次南美之行非常重要，因为我们看到了他访问巴黎所产生的影响，”Flanagan 谈到教皇访问“光之城”时说，该访问吸引了约80万创纪录人群。“我意思是，它真的彻底改变了那个城市的现状。”
“I think the South American trip is so important because we saw his trip to Paris did,” Flanagan said of the pontiff’s visit to the City of Light, which drew a record-breaking crowd of around 800,000. “I mean, it really revolutionized the reality of that city.”