Pope Leo XIV diagnosed with lung cancer after surgery

Pope Leo XIV diagnosed with lung cancer after surgery

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, has been diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma after surgeons successfully removed the lower lobe of his right lung at Rome's Gemelli hospital. The Vatican says the seventy-one-year-old pontiff is recovering well from the procedure, the first major health issue publicly disclosed during his seventeen-month papacy.

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