“Pope diagnosed with lung cancer has recovered smoothly after surgery”… I pray for the believers’ recovery

Vatican News, a Vatican news outlet, reported on the 15th (local time) that Pope Leo

Medical staff at Agostino Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Italy, said about the Pope's condition at a briefing that day, "The Pope underwent a routine examination this morning, and all results came back normal."

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At the Cathedral of St. John Paul II inside the hospital, Catholic church members, including patients, medical staff, students, and staff, came and went to pray for the Pope's recovery, ANSA news agency reported.

The Pope, who was hospitalized on the 13th with a lung nodule, underwent surgery to remove the lower lobe of the lung and was diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma through a biopsy.

It is unclear whether the tour to South America, including Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru, scheduled for the 6th to 17th of next month, will be able to go ahead.

Leo XIV, now 71 years old, is considered to have become pope at a relatively younger age than his predecessors. It is known that he enjoys sports such as tennis and has no special medical history.