Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to be admitted to a hospital Tuesday to have a nodule removed from his lung, the Vatican announced. The Vatican said the nodule was found during recent health checks and was detected at a very early stage.
The 71-year-old pontiff thanked people for their prayers during remarks in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, when he first disclosed the planned procedure during the Angelus.
Bishop Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez of the Diocese of Palm Beach responded the same day with a Facebook post on Sunday, Oct. 11. He said the diocese is joining the pope in prayer and asked that he be placed under the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of the Apostles.
The message told the pope that the Palm Beach community is united with him in faith, love and prayer.
