The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, but he is assisted in caring for his diocese by a vicar who oversees the day to day administration. Pope Leo’s vicar for Rome is Cardinal Baldassare Reina, and this cardinal will lead a Rosary at the Gemelli Hospital this evening Rome time at 6 pm (noon in New York). The Gemelli Hospital — known affectionately as the Pope’s hospital, since both John Paul II and Francis had lengthy and multiple stays there — has received Pope Leo today. The exact time of his surgery to remove a nodule in his lung has not been announced, but it is scheduled for this afternoon. At approximately 1 p.m., Pope Leo XIV left the Vatican in a motorcade for the Gemelli Hospital in Rome for a scheduled hospitalization, the Holy See Press Office confirmed. The Pope is to undergo surgery this afternoon for a pulmonary nodule detected at an early Read More…

TODAY: Join in Rosary from hospital where Leo is admitted (link)