By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY, Oct 14 (Reuters) - World leaders, Catholics across the globe and senior cardinals at the Vatican offered prayers for Pope Leo on Wednesday after doctors announced the

A spokesperson for the Vatican described the procedure as radical and doctors are now checking to see if the cancer has spread. The Vatican has said that Pope

The pope “woke up normally” after the operation and is now back in his room on the 10th floor of Rome’s Gemelli hospital, a spokesperson said.

ROME - Pope Leo XIV is recovering after surgery on Tuesday, Oct. 13, resulted in a diagnosis of lung cancer. The pope underwent surgery to remove a small lung nodule Tuesday that doctors had discovered in a recent health checkup. It marks the first significant medical procedure of the 71-year-old's papacy. The Vatican announced that afternoon that the surgery was "completed successfully" and without complication, and that the pope "woke up normally and, after a brief period of observation, returned to his room on the tenth floor." During the procedure, a team at the Agostino Gemelli University Hospital led by Professor Stefano Margaritora discovered a lung adenocarcinoma, the most common type of non-small-cell lung cancer. The lower lobe of the pope's right lung was removed, according to a statement from the Vatican. The statement said that the tissue tests confirmed what had been indicated by pre-operation tests. The Vatican said previously that the pope was expected to spend a week in the hospital recovering.…