Pope Leo XIV. operated on in Rome: Lung nodule to be removed

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Nodule in the lung: Leo XIV. follows medical advice

Pope Leo XIV. has been admitted to the Gemelli Clinic in Rome. A nodule had previously been discovered in the lung of the head of the Catholic Church – his doctors advised him to have the nodule removed. This is reported in agreement by the Hamburger Abendblatt and Focus.

For the procedure, Leo XIV. is now in the hospital, as Focus writes. The operation is taking place at the Gemelli Clinic in Rome.

Gemelli Clinic, but exceptionally no papal room

A curious detail: Leo XIV. is explicitly not staying in the clinic's reserved papal room this time, as the Abendblatt highlights in its headline. Why he is deviating from that, the available reports do not say.

What the sources leave open: the duration of the surgery, how it went, the nature of the nodule, and the expected time of discharge. The reports also do not comment on Leo's condition prior to the procedure.

What is now expected from Rome

In the coming days, further official information from the Vatican or the clinic can be expected. Until then: Leo XIV. is being operated on following medical advice – the background will become clear as soon as Rome fills in the facts.