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Pope Leo returns to Vatican after lung cancer surgery

The week ending October 18, 2026 · #8 story of that period · 42 articles from 27 sources · viewed 1 time

Pope Leo returns to Vatican after lung cancer surgery

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Pope Leo XIV thanked thousands of faithful in Saint Peter's Square on Sunday, one day after being discharged from Rome's Gemelli Hospital following surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his lung. The seventy-one-year-old pontiff said he plans to gradually resume his duties leading the world's one point four billion Catholics.

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