Pope to Enter Hospital on Tuesday for Lung Operation
- Pope Leo XIV will enter Rome’s Gemelli University Hospital for surgery to remove a lung nodule found during a recent medical checkup.
- Leo said doctors found the nodule at a very early stage and advised surgery, which he agreed to undergo.
- Vatican officials expect Leo to remain hospitalized for about one week while recovering.
- Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle will celebrate a conference’s closing Mass instead of Leo.
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Pope to enter hospital on Tuesday for lung operation
The 71-year-old Leo announced on Sunday that he would undergo an operation "in the coming days". The surgery to remove a pulmonary nodule, a small growth of tissue in the lung, will mark the pope's first hospitalisation since he became head of the 1.4 billion Catholics on May 8, 2025. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni told AFP on Monday that the pontiff would be admitted on "Tuesday, late morning". The recovery time could be about a week, the Vati…
Pope Leo XIV will be hospitalized at the Gemini Polyclinic in the late morning for the Liter that will lead to the removal of the nodule to the lung, discovered during a routine check. The Vatican press room has communicated the next steps that await the pontiff after the analyses that have identified him in a very early and well localized phase, [...] The article Pope Leo is hospitalized on Tuesday at the Twins for the removal of the nodule to …
Italian leaders offer support as Vatican says pontiff is expected to recover within a week
This is the Pope's first health alert since the beginning of his pontificate. Leo XIV, 71 years old, will have surgery on a pulmonary nodule.
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