VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-10-11
“Doctors found a small lump in the lung,”
Pope Leo XIV · said 2026-10-11 · reported 2026-10-11
Pope Leo XIV announced he will undergo surgery to remove a small nodule from his lung after his Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square.
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