Pope Leo has lung nodule removed after doctors found it during routine checks

Leo XIV is having a pulmonary nodule removed in his first hospitalisation since he became head of the Catholic Church last year.  (Filippo MONTEFORTE)Pope Leo XIV's underwent an operation at a Rome hospital Tuesday to remove a nodule from his lung that was "successfully completed", the Vatican said.Pope Leo XIV entered the hospital smiling and waving on Tuesday morning hours before the surgery to remove the growth that looks like a coin on the lung."The procedure was successfully completed,