00:01Pope Leo XIV announced over the weekend that he will have an operation to remove a nodule on his lung
00:07this week.
00:08It is the first time a pope has made a personal medical announcement of this kind.
00:13The Vatican press office said the operation would be at the beginning of the week without giving a specific date.
00:18However, Italian media have speculated that the operation could be on Tuesday.
00:23The pope is due to preside over a mass in St. Peter's Basilica on Wednesday morning with church leaders from
00:28around the world.
00:29But there have so far not been any announcements regarding a change in schedule.
00:34The pontiff's recovery is expected to take around a week.
00:37This would make it possible for him to leave for his visit to Latin America as planned on the 6th
00:42of November.
00:43As part of the trip, the pope would visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru.
00:48A pulmonary nodule is a small growth of tissue in the lung.
00:52Most are benign, but a small percentage can be an early stage of lung cancer.
00:59Now, because of Tur empirical all the flames of such a nominal lob from the floor to reach the
