Pope Leo XIV to undergo lung surgery this week

Pope Leo XIV to undergo lung surgery this week

Pope Leo XIV, the seventy-one-year-old American-born pontiff, announced Sunday he will undergo surgery to remove an early-stage nodule on his lung. The Vatican said the procedure is scheduled for the coming days at a Rome hospital, with an expected recovery of about one week.

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