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Pope Leo announces lung surgery in rare move for pontiff

The nodule will be removed this week, and the pontiff broke the news himself rather than leaving it to the Vatican's usual channels.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorPope Leo the Fourteenth will have surgery this week to remove a nodule in his lung, and in a rare move the pontiff announced it himself, according to CBS News.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA pope sharing his own medical news in his own words is unusual, and it's a kind and open thing to do.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWe wish him a smooth recovery.

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  1. Pope Leo decries death penalty as Hegseth's execution plan sparks… · The Hill
  2. Pope Leo to have lung nodule removed surgically this week · Axios
  3. Trump publicly urges Fetterman to switch parties; Pope Leo to have… · The Guardian
  4. Pope Leo to have lung surgery; Isaias knocks out power · The Daily Caller
  5. Pope Leo denounces death penalty as 'inadmissible' ahead of… · Fox News
  6. Pope Leo to be hospitalized Tuesday after lung nodule found · ABC News
  7. Pope Leo announces lung surgery in rare move for pontiff (this story)

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