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  "id": 14381486,
  "title": "Pope Leo XIV undergoes successful surgery to remove cancerous lung tumor",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/pope-leo-xiv-undergoes-successful-surgery-to-remove-cancerous-lung-14381486",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-14T05:32:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
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    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1567071/pope-leo-xiv-undergoes-successful-surgery-to-remove-cancerous-lung-tumor/"
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  "summary": "Pope Leo XIV successfully underwent a ninety-minute surgical procedure to remove a cancerous tumor from his right lung on Tuesday. The Vatican confirmed that surgeons removed the lower lobe of his right lung at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital to ensure radical treatment. Post-operative pathology confirmed the initial diagnosis of pulmonary adenocarcinoma, which medical experts had suspected […]",
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        "title": "Pope Leo Has Cancerous Growth Removed In Lung Operation",
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        "title": "Pope Leo has cancerous growth removed in lung operation",
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        "title": "Pope Leo has cancerous growth removed in lung operation",
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        "title": "Pope Leo has cancerous growth removed in lung operation",
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        "published": "2026-10-13T21:30:13.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Buenos Aires Times",
        "title": "Pope Leo has cancerous growth removed in lung operation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/pope-leo-has-cancerous-growth-removed-in-lung-operation-14305379",
        "published": "2026-10-13T21:54:39.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "Pope Leo XIV undergoes surgery after lung cancer diagnosis",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/pope-leo-xiv-undergoes-surgery-after-lung-cancer-diagnosis",
        "published": "2026-10-13T22:52:03.000Z"
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        "outlet": "MercoPress",
        "title": "Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer and underwent successful surgery, Vatican says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/pope-leo-xiv-has-lung-cancer-and-underwent-successful-surgery-vatican",
        "published": "2026-10-13T23:00:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Pope Leo XIV undergoes successful surgery to remove cancerous lung tumour",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/pope-leo-xiv-undergoes-successful-surgery-to-remove-cancerous-lung",
        "published": "2026-10-14T00:57:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "This Day",
        "title": "Vatican: Pope Leo Diagnosed with Lung Cancer, Undergoes Surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/vatican-pope-leo-diagnosed-with-lung-cancer-undergoes-surgery",
        "published": "2026-10-14T03:48:15.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Jakarta Post",
        "title": "Pope Leo has cancerous tumor removed in lung operation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/pope-leo-has-cancerous-tumor-removed-in-lung-operation",
        "published": "2026-10-14T04:34:32.000Z"
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