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ROME (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung cancer following a 90-minute surgery on Oct. 13 during which surgeons removed the lower lobe of the pope's right lung. Dr. Stefano Margaritora, chief thoracic surgeon at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, led a medical team in the video-assisted technique operation.…
Prayers came in from Baltimore's Catholic community for Pope Leo XIV as the American pontiff revealed he has lung cancer and is recovering from surgery.
In an announcement made over the weekend, the Catholic leader revealed he would need surgery to remove a nodular lesion found in his lung.