The Vatican confirmed that Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer after a successful surgery removed the lower lobe of his right lung.
\n\nThe Vatican said in a medical bulletin that the tests confirmed a diagnosis of adenocarcinoma, adding that preoperative tests hinted at the presence of cancer that surgery confirmed, per CBS News. Pope Leo spent three hours in the operating room and the surgery lasted roughly 90 minutes before he was cleared.
\n\n“The surgery was successful, and there were no complications,” the statement said. “To ensure a radical resection, the lower lobe of the right lung was removed using a video-assisted technique. Intraoperative histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of pulmonary adenocarcinoma, as suspected from pre-operative tests.”
\n\nThe Vatican did not disclose the cancer’s stage and whether it had spread.
\n\n“The Vatican tends to keep these things under wraps, so there’ll be a lot of reading between the lines to try and detect what is the state of the pope’s health,” Candida Moss, the Edward Cadbury professor of theology at the University of Birmingham in England, told CBS News.
\n\n“We should also expect that, inasmuch as is possible, Pope Leo is going to continue to work,” she added. “We have…
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