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2026-10-11 · CO

Pope Leo to have surgery after lump found on lung

Pope Leo XIV has announced he will be operated on "in the coming days" after a nodule was found on his lung during a medical check-up. "The doctors found an early, well-localised nodule on my lung," he told the public during his weekly Sunday prayers in St Peter's Square in Rome. The 71-year-old said his medical team "believe it would be right to intervene" and he had agreed to the operation, while reassuring pilgrims that the mass was "well-contained" and caught "at an early stage". The pontiff's admission that he would need surgery comes nearly a year-and-a-half after he succeeded the late Pope Francis, who also experienced issues with his lungs that required hospital treatment.

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