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  "id": 14118096,
  "title": "Pope Leo XIV to be admitted to Rome hospital for lung surgery on Tuesday",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/pope-leo-xiv-to-be-admitted-to-rome-hospital-for-lung-surgery-on",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-13T03:50:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/world/2026-10-13-pope-leo-xiv-to-be-admitted-to-rome-hospital-for-lung-surgery-on-tuesday/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pope Leo XIV, 71, will be admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Tuesday, October 13, for surgery to remove a small lung nodule. The Vatican said his audiences have been cancelled until October 20.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Pope Leo sticks to busy schedule before surgery to remove lung nodule",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/pope-leo-sticks-to-busy-schedule-before-surgery-to-remove-lung-nodule",
        "published": "2026-10-12T10:15:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Pope Leo announces lung surgery in rare move for pontiff",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/pope-leo-announces-lung-surgery-in-rare-move-for-pontiff",
        "published": "2026-10-12T15:44:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Pope Leo continues working after lung surgery announcement",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/pope-leo-continues-working-after-lung-surgery-announcement",
        "published": "2026-10-12T16:10:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Sky News",
        "title": "Pope Leo cancels all public events ahead of lung surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/pope-leo-cancels-all-public-events-ahead-of-lung-surgery",
        "published": "2026-10-12T16:42:00.000Z"
      }
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  "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."
}