Pope Leo XIV will be admitted to a hospital Tuesday morning to undergo surgery to remove a lung nodule discovered during recent medical tests, the Vatican said Monday.The timing of the procedure was confirmed after the 71-year-old American pontiff had a full day of meetings, audiences and appointments.The Vatican press office also said no particular issue precipitated the tests, denying Italian media reports suggesting an inflammation had prompted the medical check-up.Leo revealed the discovery during his Sunday noon prayer and said he was following doctors’ advice to remove the nodule “in the coming days.” The Vatican predicted a weeklong recovery.It was business as usual at the Vatican on Monday, with Leo presiding over six private audiences, including with the head of the U.S.military chaplains, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, and one group audience.
He also made three appointments, and the Vatican released a letter he had penned to the outgoing dean of the College of Cardinals.In the afternoon, he was expected to rejoin a weeklong conference he convened on ministering to families.Leo’s surgery marks the first major health event of his 17-month pontificate.It was significant because the pope himself revealed the news, in perhaps the most public way possible: at the end of his Sunday noon blessing, with thousands of people in St.
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