Pope Leo diagnosed with cancer as doctors remove lobe of lung The pope was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital on Tuesday for surgery to remove a growth on his lung. World 7 min ago Listen
Rome Pope Leo was diagnosed with a common form of lung cancer after doctors removed a lower lobe of his right lung in surgery on Tuesday, the Vatican said in a medical bulletin.
The pope was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital on Tuesday for surgery to remove a growth on his lung that doctors found in a recent health checkup.
Leo, born in Chicago in 1955 as Robert Prevost, served for decades as a missionary and bishop in Peru before becoming pope.
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