Pope Leo addresses absence, asks for prayers in first pontifical message since surgery announcement

The pope briefly addressed his absence in the message, which was issued to recognize a meeting celebrating the 10th anniversary of “Amoris Laetitia,” a text published by predecessor Pope Francis in 2016.
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