VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-10-13
“The doctors think it is opportune to intervene,”
Pope Leo XIV · said 2026-10-11 · reported 2026-10-13
The 71-year-old pontiff said on Sunday that doctors recommended surgical intervention for the nodule.
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