Well-wishers rally behind Pope Leo XIV as he recovers from cancer surgery

With music and prayer, well-wishers gather outside Rome's Gemelli Hospital as Pope Leo XIV recovers from surgery to remove a cancerous lung tumor. Doctors say the pontiff is walking, eating, and making normal progress after the procedure. Things are going well for the pope. They caught it in time and it will be resolved soon. I'm not worried. I came here to show my support, my spiritual closeness, because I used to come here for Pope Francis as well. Catholics are now awaiting the results of the biopsy to determine if the cancer has spread. The issue is that the tumor was malignant, but they caught it in time and removed it completely, so there is no danger. Even though it is an aggressive type of cancer, treatments are available nowadays, so I don't believe Pope Leo is in danger. More or less, it was expected because this type of tumor at that age is always malignant. I had imagined that that might be the case. This sporty, 71-year-old U.S. born pontiff announced the surgery after Sunday prayers.