{
  "id": 13699194,
  "title": "Vatican: \"Lung knot\": Pope must undergo surgery",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/vatikan-knoten-in-der-lunge-papst-muss-operiert-werden",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-11T10:45:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/vatikan-knoten-in-der-lunge-papst-muss-operiert-werden/100261331.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Pope Leo XIV is set to undergo surgery to remove a lung nodule that was discovered during a medical examination. The 71-year-old Pope, who has been in office since May last year, made the announcement during his Sunday prayer at the Vatican. The operation is scheduled for the next few days, and it is not yet known whether it will affect his upcoming trip to South America, which includes visits to Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru. Leo, whose civil name is Robert Francis Prevost, has been relatively young to become Pope and has been known to keep fit through activities such as tennis and swimming.",
  "summary": "Since May last year, Leo XIV has been at the head of the Catholic Church. During Sunday's prayer, he now announces that he has to undergo an operation.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "Vatican: Knot in the lung - Pope must undergo surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/vatikan-knoten-in-der-lunge-papst-muss-operiert-werden-13719261",
        "published": "2026-10-11T12:37:45.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}