{"id":593,"date":"2026-10-13T10:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T10:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/?p=593"},"modified":"2026-10-13T10:15:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T10:15:49","slug":"pope-heads-to-hospital-for-lung-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/?p=593","title":{"rendered":"Pope heads to hospital for lung operation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"895\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3c20bdf6-0454-448b-950e-be2896816646_AFP__20260607__B6AQ93A__v1__HighRes__SpainVaticanDiplomacyReligionPope-og_image.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3c20bdf6-0454-448b-950e-be2896816646_AFP__20260607__B6AQ93A__v1__HighRes__SpainVaticanDiplomacyReligionPope-og_image.webp 895w, https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3c20bdf6-0454-448b-950e-be2896816646_AFP__20260607__B6AQ93A__v1__HighRes__SpainVaticanDiplomacyReligionPope-og_image-300x211.webp 300w, https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3c20bdf6-0454-448b-950e-be2896816646_AFP__20260607__B6AQ93A__v1__HighRes__SpainVaticanDiplomacyReligionPope-og_image-768x541.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 895px) 100vw, 895px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pope Leo XIV was due to be admitted to hospital in Rome on Tuesday for surgery to remove a nodule on his lung, an operation experts say is generally low-risk.The 71-year-old will head to the Gemelli hospital in the late morning, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni told AFP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The surgery to remove a pulmonary nodule, or small growth of tissue in the lung, will mark the pope&#8217;s first hospitalisation since he became head of the Catholic Church on May 8, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Sunday, in a surprise announcement following Angelus prayers, Leo told faithful in St Peter&#8217;s Square that doctors had discovered the nodule &#8220;at a very early stage&#8221; during recent medical checks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Leo XIV was due to be admitted to hospital in Rome on Tuesday for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=593"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":613,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions\/613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}