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  "id": 14842627,
  "title": "Pope Leo Resumes Working, Sees Top Aide in Hospital as Doctors Say Lung Recovered from Surgery",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/pope-leo-resumes-working-sees-top-aide-in-hospital-as-doctors-say",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-16T01:37:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
    "slug": "the-japan-news-by-the-yomiuri-shimbun",
    "url": "https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/news-services/ap/20261016-354013/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Pope Leo XIV has resumed working from the hospital after undergoing surgery on Tuesday to remove the lower right lobe of his right lung. According to RTE News, the procedure was performed after doctors identified a suspected cancerous nodule, which was confirmed to be adenocarcinoma. Doctors are currently awaiting further test results to determine the cancer's molecular make-up, whether it has spread, and if additional treatment is required.\n\nRTE News reports that the 71-year-old Pope's post-operative tests remain within normal levels and a chest X-ray showed his lung has recovered well. He has been carrying out daily activities independently, including a physiotherapy session involving full mobility exercises, according to both RTE News and The Hill.\n\nThe Vatican reported that Leo has been looking at documents and has celebrated Mass for a second day in a special chapel located near his room on the hospital's 10th floor. On Thursday, the Pope also met with a top aide, as reported by The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun and Japan Today.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Pope Leo XIV has 'good night' in hospital after lung surgery, Vatican says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/pope-leo-xiv-has-good-night-in-hospital-after-lung-surgery-vatican",
        "published": "2026-10-15T08:18:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu Health",
        "title": "Pope's recovery on track after surgery, Vatican says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/popes-recovery-on-track-after-surgery-vatican-says",
        "published": "2026-10-15T12:44:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Doctors say Pope Leo’s lung has recovered well from surgery and say his post-operative tests normal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/doctors-say-pope-leos-lung-has-recovered-well-from-surgery-and-say",
        "published": "2026-10-15T12:45:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour Health",
        "title": "Doctors say Pope Leo's lung has recovered well from surgery and say his post-operative tests normal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/doctors-say-pope-leos-lung-has-recovered-well-from-surgery-and-say",
        "published": "2026-10-15T13:11:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Doctors say Pope has recovered well from surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/doctors-say-pope-has-recovered-well-from-surgery",
        "published": "2026-10-15T13:11:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Pope Leo returns to some papal duties as he recovers from surgery, Vatican says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/pope-leo-returns-to-some-papal-duties-as-he-recovers-from-surgery",
        "published": "2026-10-15T14:01:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Pope Leo resumes work in hospital while recovering from surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/pope-leo-resumes-work-in-hospital-while-recovering-from-surgery",
        "published": "2026-10-15T17:25:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Pope Leo XIV's doctors say X-ray 'showed good recovery' after lung surgery: Vatican",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/pope-leo-xivs-doctors-say-x-ray-showed-good-recovery-after-lung",
        "published": "2026-10-15T18:34:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Today",
        "title": "Pope Leo resumes working, sees top aide in hospital as doctors say lung recovered from surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/pope-leo-resumes-working-sees-top-aide-in-hospital-as-doctors-say",
        "published": "2026-10-15T21:39:18.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}