Pope had Successful Lung Cancer Surgery Vatican Reports

Vatican: Pope Leo XIV diagnosed with lung cancer, successful surgery to remove lower lobe of the right lung. The 71-year-old underwent a 90-minute surgery Tuesday at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital and was diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma. The Vatican said the operation was successful and that there were no complications. He awoke normally after the operation and was returned to his room after a short period of observation, it stated.

The growth was originally found in what the Vatican described as “routine checks”. The Pope is scheduled to stay in the hospital for roughly a week. Earlier, huge crowds had waited outside the hospital for hours awaiting the Pope.

As he passed, they cheered welcomes and well wishes, and he waved and grinned back through the lowered back window of his car.

Workers met him on the hospital steps. I’m sorry, one of them said. The Pope smiled and shrugged. They told him, We’re here for you.

The statement stated the complete lower lobe of the Pope’s right lung was removed “to ensure the procedure was radical”. More tests were underway to see whether the cancer had spread, a Vatican source told Agence France-Presse.

Leo XIV himself announced the operation to the world on Sunday, speaking from the balcony in St Peter’s Square after giving the traditional Angelus blessing.

The nodule or tumour on his lung was “contained,” he claimed, and identified “at a very early stage, but specialists had recommended that he have it removed.

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