Pope Leo XIV to be admitted for lung surgery in Rome
Pope Leo XIV will be admitted to Gemelli Hospital this Tuesday to have a nodule removed from his lung, discovered during a routine examination. Recovery is expected to last a week.
TL;DR
- Pope Leo XIV will be admitted to Gemelli University Hospital in Rome on Tuesday morning for surgery.
- The surgery is to remove a nodule from one of his lungs, discovered during a routine medical examination.
- He is expected to remain hospitalized for approximately one week.
- The Pope will not celebrate the closing Mass of the "10 Years After Amoris Laetitia" meeting due to his hospitalization and recovery.
- Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle will replace him as the celebrant for the closing Mass.
- The conclusive summary of the conference will not be published on Wednesday evening as planned.
- The Pope wishes to have time after his hospitalization to read the document and possibly add his own response before it is made public.