Pope Leo’s recovery from lung cancer surgery ‘progressing as planned’

A senior religious leader has shown encouraging signs of recovery following surgery to remove a cancerous growth from the lung, according to medical updates from the Vatican. Doctors report the individual is now mobile, walking in their hospital room after respiratory treatment, and has resumed normal eating habits. The progress follows a procedure performed late in the week, with well-wishes flooding in from global figures, including a message from Britain’s monarch. Official statements from the medical team confirm the recovery is proceeding according to plan.

Pontiff has begun walking in his hospital room and is eating normally after operation to remove growth, doctors sayPope Leo’s recovery from a lung cancer operation is progressing as planned, his doctors have said, as the pontiff received good wishes from around the world, including a letter from Britain’s King Charles.Leo, who had a cancerous mass removed from his right lung late on Tuesday, began walking in his hospital room after respiratory therapy on Wednesday. He was eating normally, his doctors Luigi Carbone and Stefano Margaritoria said in a statement issued by the Vatican. Continue reading...