{"id":365803,"date":"2026-10-11T06:45:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T11:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/pope-leo-to-undergo-surgery-after-nodule-discovered-on-his-lung-he-says"},"modified":"2026-10-11T06:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T11:45:18","slug":"pope-leo-to-undergo-surgery-after-nodule-discovered-on-his-lung-he-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/pope-leo-to-undergo-surgery-after-nodule-discovered-on-his-lung-he-says","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo to bear surgical procedure after nodule found on his lung, he says"},"content":{"rendered":"


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ROME and LONDON — Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to undergo surgery in the “next few days” after doctors found a nodule on his lung, he said on Sunday.<\/p>\n

“Recently during some check ups doctors found a circumscribed nodule in my lung,” the pontiff, 71, said during an appearance at the window of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, overlooking a sunny St. Peter\u2019s Square. “It was found in a very initial phase and well localized. The doctors think it is opportune to intervene.”<\/p>\n

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Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026. (AP Photo\/Gregorio Borgia)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Vatican press office said in a statement shortly afterward that the procedure was scheduled for “early” this week, adding that the “expected length of the postoperative hospital stay is about one week.”<\/p>\n

The pope is scheduled to be operated on in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, the primary medical facility commonly used by popes, including Leo’s immediate<\/a> predecessor<\/a>, Pope Francis, who died in 2025<\/a> at the age of 88.<\/p>\n

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Faithful carry an image of the Lord of Miracles on their shoulders during a procession in St. Peter’s Square before Pope Leo XIV’s Angelus prayer at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Leo, a Chicago native and the first American pope, who was previously Cardinal Robert Prevost, was elected<\/a> the church’s 267th pontiff in May 2025.<\/p>\n

Before Leo announced on Sunday that he will be operated on, and while greeting the groups present in the square, he greeted a Peruvian Catholic group and said, “Thank you for your prayer for my apostolic visit that I will make to Peru.”<\/p>\n

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People walk in Via della Conciliazione, near the Vatican, with St. Peter’s Basilica visible in the background, after Pope Leo said doctors had detected a very early-stage nodule in his lung, and that he would undergo surgery in the coming days, in Rome, Italy, October 11, 2026.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Leo is officially scheduled to make a trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru between Nov. 6 and 17. His remark on Sunday appeared to indicate he still intended to travel to those countries.<\/em><\/p>\n

Giorgia Meloni, the Italian prime minister, said in a statement in Italian that she and her government were expressing solidarity “with the Holy Father as he faces the ordeal ahead in the coming days.”<\/p>\n

“The serenity and calm with which he spoke about it during today’s Angelus are a source of comfort to us,” Meloni said. “I am certain that the Italian people, too, will not fail to offer their support and affection.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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