Pope Leo XIV faces a serious trial: an unexpected detail from the Vatican

Pope Leo XIV has announced that he will undergo surgery: a nodule was found in the pontiff's lung at an early stage, and doctors recommended surgical intervention. He spoke about this on Sunday, October 11, at the end of a meeting with pilgrims. The operation will be performed at the Agostino Gemelli hospital in the first days of the coming week, after which the Pope will remain in hospital for about a week.

Pope Leo XIV has announced that he will undergo surgery: a nodule was found in the pontiff's lung at an early stage, and doctors recommended surgical intervention. He said this on Sunday, October 11, at the end of a meeting with pilgrims; the details were published by Vatican News. "Having listened to their advice, I decided to have the operation to remove it. The operation is already scheduled for the coming days. I thank you for your spiritual closeness and rely on your prayers," the pontiff said. According to him, the nodule was found during an examination, and his words came after the Angelus prayer. Director of the Holy See Press Office Matteo Bruni gave the timing: the operation is planned for the first days of the coming week and will take place at the Agostino Gemelli hospital. After the procedure, the Pope will remain in hospital for about a week. At the beginning of the meeting, Leo XIV recalled the ceremony in the Italian city of Mantua, where the nun Maria Ignazia Isacchi, founder of the Congregation of the Ursuline Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, was proclaimed blessed. He called her an example of service to the needy and outcast from the end of the 19th century to the first decades of the 20th century.