Pope Leo Resumes Working, Sees Top Aide in Hospital as Doctors Say Lung Recovered from Surgery

Pope Leo XIV has resumed working from the hospital after undergoing surgery on Tuesday to remove the lower right lobe of his right lung. According to RTE News, the procedure was performed after doctors identified a suspected cancerous nodule, which was confirmed to be adenocarcinoma. Doctors are currently awaiting further test results to determine the cancer's molecular make-up, whether it has spread, and if additional treatment is required.

RTE News reports that the 71-year-old Pope's post-operative tests remain within normal levels and a chest X-ray showed his lung has recovered well. He has been carrying out daily activities independently, including a physiotherapy session involving full mobility exercises, according to both RTE News and The Hill.

The Vatican reported that Leo has been looking at documents and has celebrated Mass for a second day in a special chapel located near his room on the hospital's 10th floor. On Thursday, the Pope also met with a top aide, as reported by The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun and Japan Today.

Brief written by urgent.news from The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan Today, The Hill, RTE News, PBS NewsHour — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.