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First Thing: Pope Leo recovering from surgery after lung cancer diagnosis

Vatican says operation on US-born head of Roman Catholic church was ‘successful’

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First Thing: Pope Leo recovering from surgery after lung cancer diagnosis

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Vatican says operation on US-born head of Roman Catholic church was ‘successful’

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