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  "id": 13931696,
  "title": "What we know about Pope Leo XIV's upcoming lung operation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/what-we-know-about-pope-leo-xivs-upcoming-lung-operation",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-12T10:06:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
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    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/world/2026-10-12-what-we-know-about-pope-leo-xivs-upcoming-lung-operation/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pope Leo XIV has said he will have an operation to remove a lump on his lung this week, the first time a pope has made a personal medical announcement of this kind.",
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      {
        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "Pope Leo XIV to undergo surgery to remove lump on lung",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/pope-leo-xiv-to-undergo-surgery-to-remove-lump-on-lung",
        "published": "2026-10-11T11:49:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Euro Weekly News",
        "title": "Pope Leo XIV announces lung surgery after doctors discover nodule",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/pope-leo-xiv-announces-lung-surgery-after-doctors-discover-nodule",
        "published": "2026-10-11T14:15:40.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Pope Leo to have surgery after lump found in lung",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/pope-leo-to-have-surgery-after-lump-found-in-lung",
        "published": "2026-10-11T14:48:41.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "BusinessDay Nigeria",
        "title": "WORLD IN BRIEF: Pope Leo to undergo lung surgery, UK PM alleges Russian Brexit interference, Zambia secures $1.5bn IMF deal and other stories",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/world-in-brief-pope-leo-to-undergo-lung-surgery-uk-pm-alleges-russian",
        "published": "2026-10-12T04:19:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Pope to undergo surgery after lung nodule detected ‘at very early stage’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/pope-to-undergo-surgery-after-lung-nodule-detected-at-very-early-stage",
        "published": "2026-10-12T05:35:38.000Z"
      }
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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."
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