{"id":2190769,"date":"2026-10-11T10:53:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T07:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2190769"},"modified":"2026-10-11T10:53:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T07:53:52","slug":"pope-leo-xiv-to-have-surgery-after-nodule-found-on-lung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2190769","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo XIV to have surgery after nodule found on lung"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pope Leo announces he will undergo surgery for early-stage lung nodule<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Pope Leo XIV has announced he will be operated on “in the coming days” after a nodule was found on his lung during a medical check-up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The doctors found an early, well-localised nodule on my lung,” he told the public during his weekly Sunday prayers in St Peter’s Square in Rome.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The 71-year-old said his medical team “believe it would be right to intervene” and he had agreed to the operation, while reassuring pilgrims that the mass was “well-contained” and caught “at an early stage”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The pontiff’s admission that he would need surgery comes nearly a year-and-a-half after he succeeded the late Pope Francis, who also experienced issues with his lungs that required hospital treatment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Leo concluded his Angelus prayer by thanking everyone for their “spiritual closeness” and said he entrusted himself to their prayers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Holy See Press Office spokesman Matteo Bruni told the media that “the operation is scheduled for the first days of next week”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He added that the Pope is expected to take about a week to recover.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Vatican News, the Holy See’s news portal, said the operation will take place at Gemelli Hospital in Rome.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The hospital set up a special Papal suite following the failed assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II’s life in May 1981, which is still in use today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni expressed her “personal solidarity” with the Pope as he “faces the ordeal ahead in the coming days”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Her sentiments were echoed by Italian President Sergio Mattarella, who offered his “sincerest wishes for a peaceful recovery and a speedy and full return to health”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Isaac Herzog, the president of Israel, also wished the pontiff “a full and speedy recovery”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Pope, born Robert Francis Prevost, is the 267th occupant of the throne of St Peter \u2013 the first US citizen to do so.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He was ordained in 1982 and spent years as a missionary in Peru, where he is remembered as a figure who worked with marginalised communities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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During Sunday’s service, the Pope confirmed his upcoming visit to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru in November will still go ahead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Archbishop of Montevideo, Daniel Sturla, said preparations for his tour will continue with “greater enthusiasm” as he called for prayers for his recovery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A lung nodule is a small lump of tissue that is usually detected following an X-ray or CT scan of the chest, according to the NHS.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Most nodules do not cause other symptoms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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