Pope Leo XIV to undergo lung surgery after doctors discover an early-stage nodule

Pope Leo XIV. Pic/AFP

Pope Leo XIV has announced he will be operated "in the coming days" after a nodule was found on his lung during a medical check up.

"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.

The 71-year-old pontiff said his medical team "believe it would be right to intervene" and he had agreed to the operation. Pope Leo reassured pilgrims that the mass was "well-contained" and caught "at an early stage".

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