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Al Jazeera reports: The 71-year-old religious leader told pilgrims during his weekly Sunday blessing at St Peter’s Square. Pope Leo has said he will undergo surgery in the next few days to remove a small lung nodule recently discovered during a health check. The 71-year-old leader of the Roman Catholic Church told pilgrims during his weekly Sunday blessing that “it was detected at a very early stage and is circumscribed”. “The doctors believe it’s best to take action, so, following their advice, I’ve decided to have surgery to remove it,” he said at St Peter’s Square during remarks delivered in Italian.
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Al Jazeera reports: The 71-year-old religious leader told pilgrims during his weekly Sunday blessing at St Peter’s Square. Pope Leo has said he will undergo surgery in the next few days to remove a small lung nodule recently discovered during a health check. The 71-year-old leader of the Roman Catholic Church told pilgrims during his weekly Sunday blessing that “it was detected at a very early stage and is circumscribed”. “The doctors believe it’s best to take action, so, following their advice, I’ve decided to have surgery to remove it,” he said at St Peter’s Square during remarks delivered in Italian.
