{"id":87324,"date":"2026-10-11T07:27:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T11:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=87324"},"modified":"2026-10-11T07:27:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T11:27:38","slug":"pontiff-to-undergo-lung-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/pontiff-to-undergo-lung-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Pontiff To Undergo Lung Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From the Vatican:<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__subTitle\">Pope Leo XIV reveals that he is set to undergo surgery to remove a \u201clocalized nodule in my lung,\u201d noting that it is at a \u201cvery early stage and is well localized.\u201d The operation will take place in the coming days at Rome&#8217;s Gemelli Hospital.<\/div>\n<div class=\"title__separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__text\">\n<p><b>Vatican News<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV told the faithful gathered for the Angelus on Sunday that his doctors have found a \u201ca localized nodule\u201d in his lung and he will be operated on in a few days. The medical procedure will take place at Rome&#8217;s Gemelli Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the nodule was \u201cdetected at a very early stage and is well localized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Pope said his doctors recommend surgery and he will follow their advice, with the surgery scheduled for the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo thanked everyone for their spiritual closeness and entrusted himself to our prayers.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a working translation of his words in Italian at the Angelus on October 11, 2026:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDear friends, during some recent medical examinations, doctors found a localized nodule in my lung. It was detected at a very early stage and is well localized. The doctors believe surgery is appropriate. Following their advice, I have therefore decided to undergo an operation to remove it. The operation is already scheduled for the coming days. I thank you for your spiritual closeness and entrust myself to your prayers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Responding to journalists&#8217; questions, the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, specified that &#8220;the operation is scheduled for the first days of this week and the estimated post-operative recovery time will be about one week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pope Leo: I will undergo surgery soon to remove nodule in my lung\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U6qKWWyW8iw\" width=\"1111\" height=\"625\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Vatican: Pope Leo XIV reveals that he is set to undergo surgery to remove a \u201clocalized nodule in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87324"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87325,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87324\/revisions\/87325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}