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  "id": 13921396,
  "title": "Pope Leo XIV to undergo surgery on a lung nodule a month before his tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/pope-leo-xiv-to-undergo-surgery-on-a-lung-nodule-a-month-before-his-13921396",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-12T08:59:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MercoPress",
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    "url": "https://en.mercopress.com/2026/10/12/pope-leo-xiv-to-undergo-surgery-on-a-lung-nodule-a-month-before-his-tour-of-uruguay-argentina-and-peru"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Pope Leo XIV will undergo surgery in Rome this week to remove a lung nodule detected at an early stage, less than a month before the start of his first tour of South America, which will take him to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru from November 6 to 17. The Vatican has announced no changes to the trip.",
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    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Buenos Aires Times",
        "title": "Pope Leo to be operated on for lump on lung, one month before visit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/pope-leo-to-be-operated-on-for-lump-on-lung-one-month-before-visit",
        "published": "2026-10-11T12:13:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Toronto Sun",
        "title": "Pope Leo says he’s getting surgery to remove a lump on his lung",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/pope-leo-says-hes-getting-surgery-to-remove-a-lump-on-his-lung",
        "published": "2026-10-11T18:22:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MercoPress",
        "title": "Pope Leo XIV to undergo surgery on a lung nodule a month before his tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/pope-leo-xiv-to-undergo-surgery-on-a-lung-nodule-a-month-before-his",
        "published": "2026-10-12T08:59:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Business as usual at the Vatican as Pope Leo prepares to have surgery to remove a lung nodule",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/business-as-usual-at-the-vatican-as-pope-leo-prepares-to-have-surgery",
        "published": "2026-10-12T10:15:41.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "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."
}