Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer and underwent successful surgery, Vatican says

Leo XIV announced on Sunday, after the Angelus prayer, that a lung nodule had been detected “at a very early stage” and was “well localised” Pope Leo XIV, 71, has been diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma and underwent successful surgery on Tuesday at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, where doctors removed the lower lobe of his right lung, the Holy See said in a medical bulletin. The operation comes three weeks before the start of his tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, whose schedule has not been changed.

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