{"id":2013,"date":"2026-10-13T23:15:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T23:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bareenmedia.com\/en\/?p=2013"},"modified":"2026-10-13T23:15:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T23:15:42","slug":"pope-leo-xiv-diagnosed-with-lung-cancer-after-surgery-to-remove-part-of-his-lung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bareenmedia.com\/en\/blog\/2026\/10\/13\/pope-leo-xiv-diagnosed-with-lung-cancer-after-surgery-to-remove-part-of-his-lung\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo XIV Diagnosed with Lung Cancer After Surgery to Remove Part of His Lung"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung cancer after undergoing surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung, according to international media reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 71-year-old pontiff underwent surgery at Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Tuesday, 13 October 2026, after doctors detected an abnormal growth in his lung.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The operation was completed successfully, with no reported complications. The Pope is recovering in hospital and is expected to remain there for approximately one week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His public engagements have been cancelled through 20 October to allow time for recovery. Further medical assessments will help determine whether additional treatment is required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Vatican has not released further details about the extent of the cancer or the Pope\u2019s treatment plan. Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, became head of the Catholic Church in May 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung cancer after undergoing surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung, according to international media reports. The 71-year-old pontiff underwent surgery at Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Tuesday, 13 October 2026, after doctors detected an abnormal growth in his lung. The operation was completed successfully, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,29],"tags":[214,806,341,807],"class_list":["post-2013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-world","tag-health","tag-lung-cancer","tag-pope-leo-xiv","tag-vatican"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bareenmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bareenmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bareenmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bareenmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bareenmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2013"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bareenmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2015,"href":"https:\/\/bareenmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013\/revisions\/2015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bareenmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bareenmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bareenmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bareenmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}