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Pope Leo XIV hospitalized for lung surgery

First reported by Infocom: 16:14, 13 October

Updated 20:37, 15 October, 30 sources

World. Photo: britannica.com, cropped
Photo: britannica.com, cropped

According to the Vatican, 71-year-old Pope Leo XIV has been admitted to Rome's Agostino Gemelli clinic, where a small growth detected at an early stage during a routine medical checkup will be removed from his lung. According to Italian media, the surgery will be minimally invasive and could take place as early as October 13. All of the pope's meetings have been cancelled until October 20.

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  1. Infocom (Balanced)
  2. News.am (Opposition)
  3. 24news.am (Opposition)
  4. Yerkir Media (Opposition)
  5. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  6. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  7. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  8. Radar Armenia (Opposition)
  9. Tert.am (Opposition)
  10. Armlur / Joghovurd (Opposition)
  11. Oragir.news (Opposition)
  12. Azatutyun (RFE/RL) (Balanced)
  13. 5th Channel (Opposition)
  14. 1in.am (Balanced)
  15. CivilNet (Balanced)
  16. Public Radio of Armenia (Pro-government)
  17. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  18. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  19. Politik.am (Opposition)
  20. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  21. FreeNews (Pro-government)
  22. Factor (Balanced)
  23. Hraparak (Opposition)
  24. Panorama (Opposition)
  25. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  26. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  27. Livenews.am (Opposition)
  28. Yerevan.Today (Opposition)
  29. Alphanews.am (Opposition)
  30. Ararat News (Balanced)

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