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Pope Leo Announces Surgery to Remove Small Lung Nodule

Pope Leo has announced that doctors will remove a small nodule found on his lung during a recent medical examination. The supplied report gives no diagnosis or details about the procedure.

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Pope Leo XIV — archive photograph, 13 October 2025; not the reported surgery
Pope Leo XIV — archive photograph, 13 October 2025; not the reported surgery — Ricardo Stuckert, CC BY-SA 4.0

Pope Leo has announced plans for surgery to remove a small nodule from his lung after it was detected during a recent medical examination. According to The New York Times, he said doctors would remove it this week.

The available report does not specify the procedure date, surgical method or expected recovery period. It does not establish whether the nodule is benign or malignant; a lung nodule alone is not a cancer diagnosis.

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Fact-check this story · Originally reported by The New York Times: Pope Leo Will Have Surgery to Remove Growth on Lung. Reporting by BharatVox; any opinion is separately labelled.

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