Rome, Oct. 13 -- Pope Leo XIV has undergone successful thoracic surgery at Gemelli Hospital, during which doctors removed the lower lobe of his right lung after an examination confirmed a diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma, Vatican News reported.

According to a statement from the Holy See Press Office, the surgery was performed as planned on Tuesday afternoon (local time). The procedure involved the removal of the lower lobe of the Pope's right lung using a video-assisted technique.

"To ensure a radical resection, the lower lobe of his right lung was removed using a video-assisted technique. An intraoperative histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma, as suspected from the preoperative examinations," the stat...