Vatican says operation concluded ‘successfully, on schedule and as planned’ at hospital in Rome
Pope Leo underwent an operation on Tuesday to remove a small growth from his lung, which the Vatican said concluded “successfully, on schedule and as planned”.
In a rare moment of Vatican transparency, Leo, 71, said during his angelus prayer on Sunday that doctors had found a small nodule on his lung during a checkup, adding that it was “well-contained” and detected early.
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