⚡️🇻🇦 — Vatican confirms Pope Leo XIV diagnosed with lung cancer after successful lobectomy, According to CNN.

➡️ Tuesday evening, the Vatican announced the 71-year-old pope underwent a successful 90-minute thoracic surgery at Rome’s Agostino Gemelli University Policlinic. Surgeons removed the lower lobe of his right lung. Histopathological examination confirmed pulmonary adenocarcinoma. Lead surgeons Dr. Luigi Carbone and Prof. Stefano Margaritora reported no complications. The pope awoke normally and returned to his 10th-floor recovery suite.

➡️ Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin stated administrative operations continue uninterrupted. The early detection of the localized nodule offers a highly favorable recovery outlook, with medical experts noting excellent long-term prognosis for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer resection. All public audiences and papal engagements are suspended through October 20 pending medical team determination on recovery protocols.

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