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POPE LEO XIV RETURNS TO CHICLAYO AFTER CANCER SURGERY AS 1.5 MILLION WELCOME THEIR FORMER BISHOP
Pope Leo XIV has returned to Chiclayo, Peru, for an emotional homecoming only one month after undergoing surgery for lung cancer. Vatican officials said approximately one million people lined the streets along his route and another 500,000 attended an outdoor Mass at the Pampas de Pimentel, bringing the total participation to around 1.5 million. Leo thanked the faithful for their prayers and said he was overcoming what he called a “time of trial” with God’s help. The Vatican confirmed that surgeons removed the lower lobe of his right lung on October 13 after identifying a malignant nodule later diagnosed as adenocarcinoma, and his doctors subsequently cleared him for his November 6–17 journey through Uruguay, Argentina and Peru.
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