Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to have an operation in the "coming days" to remove “a localised nodule” in his lung that was “detected at a very early stage.” It is the first medical event of his 17-month papacy and the first time a pope has made a personal medical announcement of this kind.
Speaking on Sunday during his weekly address in St Peter's Square, the 71-year-old pontiff said doctors found the nodule during “recent checkups” and believed intervention was best option.
