Pope Leo is in recovery after lung cancer surgery, doctors say (Video)

Pope Leos recovery from surgery for lung cancer was going as planned and the 71-year-old pontiff has started to do a little work again the Vatican said on Thursday Leo has been diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma the most common form of lung cancer and doctors removed the lower lobe of his right lung in an operation on Tuesday afternoon
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