{"id":58417,"date":"2026-10-14T12:27:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T12:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=58417"},"modified":"2026-10-14T12:27:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T12:27:48","slug":"first-american-pope-leo-xiv-71-undergoes-90-minute-procedure-in-rome-vatican-issues-update-on-his-condition-and-what-was-discovered-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=58417","title":{"rendered":"First American Pope Leo XIV, 71, Undergoes 90-Minute Procedure in Rome \u2014 Vatican Issues Update on His Condition and What Was Discovered"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pope Leo XIV&#8217;s first hospitalization as pontiff began with a troubling discovery during routine medical tests \u2014 an abnormality doctors believed needed to be removed.Days later, the 71-year-old, the first American pope in history, was recovering on the 10th floor of a Rome hospital after surgeons performed a 90-minute operation.Although the procedure went according to plan, one crucial question remained unanswered: What exactly had doctors found?The answer finally emerged following surgery on Tuesday, October 13. But before revealing the findings, the Vatican issued an update on the pontiff&#8217;s condition as concerns mounted over his health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leo first revealed his unexpected medical ordeal on Sunday, October 11, 2026, while addressing crowds gathered in St. Peter&#8217;s Square. Doctors had discovered a &#8220;nodule&#8221; on his lung and recommended that it be surgically removed.According to the Vatican press office, the abnormality was detected during &#8220;routine tests.&#8221; Leo described the growth as &#8220;well-contained&#8221; and said doctors had caught it &#8220;at a very early stage.&#8221;But the Vatican offered no further details about the nodule, leaving its exact nature unclear. The discovery was particularly concerning because Leo, 71, had no known underlying health problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Leo XIV&#8217;s first hospitalization as pontiff began with a troubling discovery during routine medical tests \u2014 an abnormality doctors believed needed to be removed.Days later, the&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":58418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":32,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58419,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58417\/revisions\/58419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}