Pope passed a ‘calm’ night after lung operation: Vatican

This handout photo taken and released on June 6, 2026 by The Vatican Media shows Pope Leo XIV delivering a speech to media onboard the plane heading to Madrid. Elisabetta Trevisan, Vatican Media via AFP/File

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Pope Leo XIV spent a calm night in hospital in Rome after having a cancerous tumor removed from his right lung in a 90-minute operation, the Vatican said Wednesday.

“The pope passed a calm night,” the Vatican said, without providing any more details on the 71-year-old, who underwent surgery at the Gemelli hospital on Tuesday.