# Vatican says Pope Leo has lung cancer

https://mins.news/en/video/98750

- CNN, 2026-10-13 21:20 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiM8FGO36nw

> Pope Leo XIV is recovering at a Rome hospital after surgery to remove part of his right lung, where a cancerous growth was found, the Vatican said. It reported that the operation finished as planned and that he had returned to his room.

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