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  "id": 14293957,
  "title": "Pope Leo diagnosed with lung cancer, Vatican says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/pope-leo-diagnosed-with-lung-cancer-vatican-says",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-13T20:55:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
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    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/video/pope-leo-diagnosed-lung-cancer-successful-nodule-surgery-vatican/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer and had the lower lobe of his right lung removed, the Vatican said on Tuesday. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay and University of Birmingham theology professor Candida Moss join to discuss.",
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        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Pope Leo hospitalized ahead of surgery on lung nodule",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/pope-leo-hospitalized-ahead-of-surgery-on-lung-nodule",
        "published": "2026-10-13T13:37:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Pope admitted to hospital for surgery to remove lump on his lung",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/pope-admitted-to-hospital-for-surgery-to-remove-lump-on-his-lung",
        "published": "2026-10-13T16:21:15.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Things to know about Pope Leo XIV’s lung surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/things-to-know-about-pope-leo-xivs-lung-surgery",
        "published": "2026-10-13T19:24:06.000Z"
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        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Pope Leo diagnosed with cancer as doctors remove lobe of lung, Vatican says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/pope-leo-diagnosed-with-cancer-as-doctors-remove-lobe-of-lung-vatican",
        "published": "2026-10-13T21:11:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "Pope Leo diagnosed with cancer as doctors remove lobe of lung, Vatican says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/pope-leo-diagnosed-with-cancer-as-doctors-remove-lobe-of-lung-vatican-14301824",
        "published": "2026-10-13T21:27:40.000Z"
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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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