Pope Leo to have surgery after lump found on lung

"The doctors found an early, well-localised nodule on my lung," he told the public during his weekly Sunday prayers in St Peter's Square in Rome. The 71-year-old pontiff said his medical team "believe it would be right to intervene" and he had agreed to the operation. Pope Leo reassured pilgrims that the mass was "well-contained" and caught "at an early stage".