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Pope Leo Recovering After Surgery Found Lung Cancer, Report Says

Pope Leo is expected to remain in hospital for about a week after surgery that found lung cancer, according to the source report.

BharatVox · 14 October 2026 at 09:21 pm IST

Pope Leo XIV (Robert Francis Prevost) — archive photograph (2025-05-12); not the reported event — Edgar Beltrán , The Pillar, CC BY-SA 4.0

Pope Leo is recovering at a hospital in Rome following surgery that found lung cancer, The New York Times reported on October 14. The pontiff is expected to spend about a week in hospital.

Messages wishing him well have arrived from around the world, according to the report. The supplied account does not specify the cancer’s stage, further treatment plans or a confirmed discharge date; the expected hospital stay should not be read as a longer-term prognosis.

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