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Pope Leo XIV smiles as he arrives at Rome's Gemelli Hospital Oct. 13, 2026, ahead of his surgery that afternoon to remove a lung nodule. (OSV News photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters)

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Pope Leo XIV admitted to hospital for afternoon lung surgery

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• By Courtney Mares
• October 13, 2026