Pope walking and recovering ‘as expected’ after surgery, doctors say
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Pope Leo XIV’s recovery from surgery to remove a lower lobe of his lung is “progressing as expected”, his doctors have said.
The 71-year-old pontiff has started to walk and has “resumed a normal diet” following the roughly 90-minute procedure, the medics said in an update shared by the Vatican.
The Pope was diagnosed with lung cancer after the surgery at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Tuesday afternoon, which the Vatican said had been “successful” and proceeded without complications.