Pope Leo diagnosed with lung cancer, Vatican reveals following surgery
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The Vatican revealed that Pope Leo, the first American Pontiff, has lung cancer and doctors removed the lower portion of his right lung. The procedure was "successfully completed." Tom Soufi Burridge has new details on the Pope's condition.
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