Pope Leo XIV Cancels Assisi Visit to Recover from Lung Cancer Surgery

10/23/2026

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV will miss a planned trip to Assisi next week after doctors advised against the helicopter journey to the Italian town as he recovers from lung cancer surgery, the...

10/23/2026

Pope Leo XIV will not travel to Assisi on Tuesday for a major interfaith peace gathering because he is continuing to recover from thoracic surgery he underwent last week, the Vatican said Friday

10/23/2026

The announcement was made as his surgeon and doctor issued an update on his recovery

10/21/2026

Pope Leo needs no further treatment for lung cancer after follow-up tests confirmed the disease was localised, the Vatican said in a statement on Wednesday. Leo, 71, had the lower lobe of his...

10/21/2026

Tests show the cancer was confined to the portion of the pope’s right lung that was removed, his doctors say. NBC News’ Anne Thompson reports.

10/21/2026

Pope Leo, 71, had the lower lobe of his right lung removed last week in the first major health event of his 17-month pontificate, which confirmed he had lung cancer.

10/22/2026

Vatican doctors said tests confirmed a localised lung adenocarcinoma following the Pope's October 13 surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung, with no additional treatment required

10/21/2026

Pope Leo's doctors say final tissue and molecular tests have confirmed his lung cancer was localised, and no further treatment is needed, the Vatican said in a statement.

10/21/2026

The pope's personal physician and his surgeon said in a statement that results of the tests on tissue removed during the pope's surgery confirmed the initial diagnosis and that the cancer had not...

10/21/2026

Pope Leo XIV's doctors say the lung adenocarcinoma tumor removed Oct. 13 was localized, and a cancer assessment found no further treatment needed.

10/21/2026

Test results after the operation showed that the cancer was localized.

10/21/2026

Pope Leo XIV will not need further treatment following lung cancer surgery, his doctors said. The pontiff suffered pulmonary adenocarcinoma, which was localized and removed. NBC News' Akshay Syal...

10/21/2026

Pope Leo’s doctors have also said there is "no clinical reason" to stop him from continuing with his upcoming trip to Latin America next month.

10/21/2026

The pope’s doctors said he had pulmonary adenocarcinoma, which was localized.