The 71-year-old underwent an operation to remove a pulmonary adenocarcinoma, among the most common types of lung cancer. Officials said it was “successfully completed.”

The 71-year-old underwent an operation to remove a pulmonary adenocarcinoma, among the most common types of lung cancer. Officials said it was “successfully completed.”

Several hundred people gathered at Rome's Gemelli Hospital before the pope's operation, news of which had caught many in Vatican City off guard.

Several hundred people gathered at Rome's Gemelli Hospital before the pope's operation, news of which had caught many in Vatican City off guard.

Pope Leo XIV said that the nodule was “detected at a very early stage and is well localized,” and that the surgery would be in the coming days.

Pope Leo XIV called the death penalty “an attack” on human dignity a day after senior Church officials condemned the Pentagon’s plans to live-stream an execution of Nidal Malik Hasan.