Vatikan: Knoten in der Lunge – Papst muss operiert werden
Seit Mai vergangenen Jahres führt Leo XIV. die katholische Kirche. Beim Sonntagsgebet gibt er zur Überraschung aller bekannt, dass er sich einer Operation unterziehen muss.
Pope Leo XIV, 71 years old, underwent surgery on his lung a year and a half after becoming the leader of the Catholic Church. During his Sunday mass in front of tens of thousands of believers in the Vatican, he unexpectedly announced the discovery of a "node in the lung" during his examination. It remains unclear whether the node is benign tissue, an early stage of cancer, or a malignant tumor.
Leo, whose birth name is Robert Francis Prevost, is the first pontiff from the United States to lead the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. He had planned a longer trip to South America next month. According to Vatican sources, the surgery is to be performed in the Gemelli Clinic in Rome within the next few days, where popes are traditionally treated. Leo is expected to require about a week of recovery. No prior health issues have been reported.
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