🔶 Pope Leo XIV undergoes lung surgery

🔶 Pope Leo XIV undergoes lung surgery

Pope Leo XIV, the leader of the world's Catholics, announced during the Sunday Mass at the Vatican that he will undergo surgery in the coming days due to a diagnosis of a lung mass. Additional details about the type of mass have not been published.

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday, October 11, during the weekly prayer of the Angels in Sanctorum Square in the Vatican, with a personal and unexpected message addressed to the thousands of pilgrims present said: "Doctors have identified a tumor in my lung, which is in the early stages and is completely localized. "The doctors also decided to do surgery, according to their advice, and I decided to do it.