Pope Leo XIV will be operated on nodule in the lung

Pope Leo XIV will be operated on nodule in the lung

Pope Leo XIV announced that he will be submitted to surgery to treat a nodule in the early lung during the Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square.

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11/10/2026
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O Pope Leo XIV will be submitted to surgery after a nodule has been detected in his lung “in the early stages”.

 

“ Recently, during some control tests, the doctors detected a circumscribed nodule in my lung. I will be operated in the coming days”, announced his own to the faithful gathered in St Peter’s Square during the Angelus prayer.

The lesion is in an early and well-located stage, also mentioned the high pontiff, quoted by the Italian press.

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