Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with cancer following surgery to remove a portion of his lung. “As planned, the Holy Father underwent thoracic surgery,” read a statement from the Holy See Press Office on Tuesday, October 13. “To ensure a radical resection, the lower lobe of his right lung was removed using a video-assisted technique.” The statement added, “An intraoperative histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma, as suspected from the preoperative examinations.” Adenocarcinoma of the lung is the most common type of non-small cell lung cancer...