# LIVE: Pope Leo XIV heads to Rome hospital for lung surgery

https://mins.news/en/video/97530

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-13 04:18 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN-prxP1rPE

> Pope Leo XIV is due to travel from the Vatican to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital to have a lung nodule removed. His hospital stay is projected to last roughly seven days.

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