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  "id": 15285376,
  "title": "Pope returns to Vatican days after surgery; surgeon says he should be fit for Latin America tour",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/pope-returns-to-vatican-days-after-surgery-surgeon-says-he-should-be",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-17T21:18:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Today",
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    "url": "https://japantoday.com/category/world/vatican-says-pope-leo-to-be-released-from-the-hospital-saturday-4-days-after-lung-cancer-surgery"
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  "summary": "Pope Leo XIV returned to the Vatican on Saturday days after lung cancer surgery, as his surgeon said there are “no clinical reasons” to prevent his planned trip…",
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        "outlet": "Egypt Independent",
        "title": "Pope Leo speaks with Putin from hospital, just days after lung cancer surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/pope-leo-speaks-with-putin-from-hospital-just-days-after-lung-cancer",
        "published": "2026-10-17T07:46:50.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The New York Times",
        "title": "Vatican Says Pope Leo Will Leave Hospital on Saturday, Days After Lung Surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/vatican-says-pope-leo-will-leave-hospital-on-saturday-days-after-lung",
        "published": "2026-10-17T10:03:58.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "BBC Health",
        "title": "Pope to be discharged days after lung cancer surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/pope-to-be-discharged-days-after-lung-cancer-surgery",
        "published": "2026-10-17T12:37:26.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Pope Leo walks out of Rome hospital unaided four days after lung cancer surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/pope-leo-walks-out-of-rome-hospital-unaided-four-days-after-lung",
        "published": "2026-10-17T14:36:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Pope Leo walks out of Rome hospital unaided four days after lung cancer surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/pope-leo-walks-out-of-rome-hospital-unaided-four-days-after-lung-15217762",
        "published": "2026-10-17T14:36:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Pope Leo leaves hospital after lung cancer surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/pope-leo-leaves-hospital-after-lung-cancer-surgery",
        "published": "2026-10-17T15:47:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "KBC",
        "title": "Pope discharged from hospital days after lung cancer surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/pope-discharged-from-hospital-days-after-lung-cancer-surgery",
        "published": "2026-10-17T15:49:22.000Z"
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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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