{"id":47884,"date":"2026-10-14T07:36:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T05:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=47884"},"modified":"2026-10-14T07:41:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T05:41:25","slug":"pope-leo-diagnosed-with-cancer-as-doctors-remove-part-of-lung-vatican","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/pope-leo-diagnosed-with-cancer-as-doctors-remove-part-of-lung-vatican\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo diagnosed with cancer as doctors remove part of lung: Vatican \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Vatican City, the Holy See has announced that Pope Leo XIV is resting comfortably at Rome\u2019s Gemelli Hospital following a successful operation to remove a lobe of his right lung after doctors diagnosed him with an early-stage form of lung cancer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 71-year-old pontiff underwent the scheduled procedure on Tuesday afternoon after routine medical check-ups uncovered a localized pulmonary nodule. According to a medical bulletin cited by Reuters, Tuesday&#8217;s surgery lasted approximately 90 minutes and concluded successfully without complications, confirming a diagnosis of pulmonary adenocarcinoma, a common form of lung cancer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Pope has woken up normally and is resting in his hospital room,&#8221; the Vatican stated, noting that the growth had been caught during a preliminary phase.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The health update follows the pontiff&#8217;s unexpected announcement to the public on Sunday during his Angelus address in St. Peter\u2019s Square, where he first revealed that medical examinations had detected a small nodule.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following the procedure, the Vatican press office confirmed that the Pope&#8217;s recovery is expected to take about a week, with all scheduled papal audiences cancelled through October 20 as he undergoes post-operative rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Reuters\/ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":31502,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-47884","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Pope Leo XIV is resting comfortably at Rome\u2019s Gemelli Hospital following a successful operation","published_date":"2026-10-14 07:35:44","news_description":"Pope Leo XIV is resting comfortably at Rome\u2019s Gemelli Hospital following a successful operation","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47886,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47884\/revisions\/47886"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=47884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}