Top photo caption: Pope Leo XIV gives the thumbs up as he arrives in his popemobile in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Oct. 21, 2026, to hold his first weekly general audience since cancer surgery on Oct. 13. In an Oct. 21 message, the Holy See Press Office announced that Drs. Luigi Carbone and Stefano Margaritora confirmed Pope Leo needs “no further treatment” following his Oct. 13 surgery for lung cancer. OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media
By Gina Christian, OSV News
OSV News – Doctors have confirmed Pope Leo XIV needs “no further treatment” following his Oct. 13 surgery for lung cancer.
In an Oct. 21 message, the Holy See Press Office announced that Drs. Luigi Carbone and Stefano Margaritora said “the final histological examinations and molecular biology tests on the material removed” during the surgery confirmed the tumor was a “localized lung adenocarcinoma.”
The doctors said that “subsequent oncological evaluation confirmed that no further treatment is necessary.”
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Gina Christian is a multimedia reporter for OSV News. Follow her on X @GinaJesseReina.
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