Pope Leo XIV diagnosed with lung cancer after surgery to remove part of right lung

The 71-year-old pontiff underwent a video-assisted procedure at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital after doctors detected a small, localised lung nodule. His public engagements have been cancelled through October 20Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma, a type of lung cancer, after undergoing surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung at a hospital in Rome, the Vatican said on Tuesday.