The pope is to undergo surgery in the after doctors found a nodule on his lung.
October 12, 2026, 8:24 AM
ROME -- Pope Leo XIV will be admitted to a hospital in Rome on Tuesday morning, the Vatican said on Monday, a day after the pontiff said he would undergo surgery for a nodule found on his lung.
The operation was to take place in the "next few days," Leo said on Sunday.
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