Pope Leo XIV goes to the hospital on Tuesday. It is a big house for sick people in Rome. Doctors find a lump on his lung. This happens during a normal checkup. He feels no pain.
The doctors operate on the Pope. He stays in the hospital for 1 week. All meetings until October 20 are canceled. Cardinal Luis Tagle does important work in the Vatican. He leads a church service.
People from all over the world send good wishes. Wolodymyr Selenskyj from Ukraine also wishes good health. The Pope wants to travel in November. He wants to fly to Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru. The Pope says: He wants to make the trip.
