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President Donald Trump expressed optimism regarding the recovery of Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday, following the pontiff's diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One during a flight from Arizona to Montana, the president discussed the medical outcome and his personal connection to the pope's family.
The Vatican confirmed the diagnosis one day prior, after surgeons at Agostino Gemelli University Hospital in Rome removed the lower lobe of Leo's right lung.
The 71-year-old pontiff underwent a procedure lasting approximately 90 minutes, during which doctors collected tissue samples.
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