Pope Leo XIV had surgery on Tuesday to remove a cancerous growth in his lung, the Vatican announced.
The surgery, performed at Gemelli Hospital in Rome, involved removing the lower lobe of the Pope's right lung, according to a statement by Leo's doctors released by the church. Lung tissue examined after the surgery confirmed a previous test that revealed a diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma, the Vatican said.
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Navi Pillay was awarded the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize this morning, unbeknownst to her.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee had been unable to reach Pillay who was eventually called away from her desk to be told she'd won the prestigious award. Pillay said she thought it "must be a joke".
After being assured it must be true as "it's on the BBC", by someone stood off camera, Pillay went on to make an impromptu speech in front of her friends and colleagues.
In a more formal news conference later, Pillay dedicated her win to "all the survivors of international crime".
Apparently one of the things this Pope made sure happened before he went in to surgery was having the American Cardinal send a message to US Service Members that the Death Penalty isn't Pro Life, and that Catholics should find a way to refuse to participate in a Firing Squad, publicly broadcast or not.
Which in their terms is more than a Suggestion, it's Church policy now.
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"I'm sure the oil and asbestos companies would have liked to [regulate themselves] as well," he said.
"Do we think tobacco companies should have been allowed to design the warnings on the packets? So that they could print them in a six-point font, in dark grey on black?"
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He notes that if there was even a 10 or 20 percent chance that the bus you were getting on would crash, most people would not get on that bus.
But hey, there will always be bus companies that use shoddy, dangerous buses if it makes a buck.