教皇出院结束了五天的不确定性，这场不确定性在他担任教皇不足两年时令梵蒂冈感到不安。梵蒂冈称，周六早些时候，医生宣布教皇“可以出院”。
The Pope’s discharge ended five days of uncertainty that rattled the Vatican less than two years into his papacy. Earlier on Saturday, doctors had declared the Pope “fit for discharge”, according to the Vatican.
他自周二起一直在罗马的杰梅利大学医院住院，当时医生切除部分右肺以取出一个癌性肿瘤。
He had been staying at the Gemelli University hospital, in Rome, since Tuesday, when doctors removed part of his right lung to extract a cancerous tumour.
“考虑到血液检查、今晨做的胸部X光片以及对临床情况的评估，教皇已被认为可以出院，”路易吉·卡尔博医生和斯蒂法诺·马尔加里托拉医生在梵蒂冈发布的一份声明中写道。
“Considering the blood tests, the chest X-ray done this morning and evaluating the clinical picture, the Holy Father has been deemed fit for discharge,” Dr Luigi Carbone and Dr Stefano Margaritora wrote in a note published by the Vatican.
梵蒂冈表示，教皇计划本周日从俯瞰圣彼得广场的宗座宫窗口念诵天使经，如常例。
The Vatican said that the Pope was planning to recite the Angelus prayer from the window of the Apostolic Palace overlooking St Peter’s Square this Sunday, as is customary.
梵蒂冈称，出院前，这位美国籍教皇在10楼康复房间中午举行了弥撒，如同过去几天一样。
Before his discharge the American pontiff celebrated mass at noon, as he had in recent days, in a room on the 10th floor where he had been recovering, according to the Vatican.
一名在医院外与他交谈的乌克兰女孩告诉法新社，她曾向他致以祝福。
The Ukrainian girl who spoke with him outside the hospital told AFP that she had wished him well.
这位13岁的癌症幸存者说，她去年在罗马见过教皇，“他为我治疗成功祝福”。
The cancer survivor, 13, said she had met the Pope in Rome last year “and he blessed me for a successful treatment”.
“在他的支持下，我现在已经战胜了疾病，我想把我的正能量送给他，让他也能尽快战胜疾病，”她说。
“With his support, I’ve now overcome my illness, and I want to give him my positive energy so that he, too, can overcome his illness as quickly as possible,” she said.