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Pope to be operated on for lump on lung
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What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. RTHK International News is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 11 Oct 2026, 14:18 UTC. The headline in use is “Pope to be operated on for lump on lung”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday announced he would have an operation "in the coming days" for a lump on his lung, saying it had been located "at a very early stage". "During recent medical checks, a nodule on my lung was found.
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