Pope Leo Home at the Vatican; Experts Weigh the Recovery

What BBN said about it

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorPope Leo is back at the Vatican after leaving a Rome hospital ahead of schedule following lung surgery that led to a cancer diagnosis.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWith us is Dr. Ignatius Oyelaran-Smith, author of Seen It Coming Both Ways. Doctor, did you see this one coming?

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   Dr. Ignatius Oyelaran-SmithVera, I said the pope would have surgery and recover quickly, and also that he might not, about nine months ago.

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   Dr. Ignatius Oyelaran-SmithIt is all in chapter four.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo which was it, a quick recovery or a slow one?

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   Dr. Ignatius Oyelaran-SmithBoth, in the sense that I called it eleven months ago, possibly a year, and the key to understanding it is right here on my bookmark.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHis doctors say he was fit to go home early, and well-wishers greeted him as he left. Did you predict the well-wishers?

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   Dr. Ignatius Oyelaran-SmithDozens, yes.

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   Dr. Ignatius Oyelaran-SmithI wrote that crowds would gather, and I may have said it two years ago, which only shows how early a scholar has to start.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'm asking what you actually know, and what we know is that he is home and recovering. We wish him well.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorYour bookmark gets the last word on timing, doctor.

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    Dr. Ignatius Oyelaran-SmithIt says I called it before the pope was born.