Pope cancels October 27 visit to Assisi, 'too soon after surgery'
(ANSA) - ROME, 23 OTT - Pope Leo XIV has cancelled a planned visit to Assisi next week as his doctors said it came too soon after he had lung-cancer surgery last week, the Vatican said in a statement on Friday. A chest X-ray confirmed that the 71-year-old American pontiff's "postoperative recovery is progressing very well", according to an update from Dr. Luigi Carbone and Professor Stefano Margaritora released by the Vatican. "However, given the short time that has elapsed since the surgery, his doctors advised against the planned helicopter journey on October 27 as a precaution," the…
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