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Pope Leo XIV admitted to hospital for scheduled lung nodule surgery

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Pope Leo XIV admitted to hospital for scheduled lung nodule surgery

Pope Leo XIV arrived at a Rome hospital Tuesday for a scheduled surgery to remove a lung nodule, a small oval-shaped mass of tissue. He was admitted to the thoracic surgery department and the Vatican has confirmed his surgery will take place in the afternoon. NBC's Daniele Hamamdjian reports for…

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