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Pope Leo XIV health update and South American tour planning

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Pope Leo XIV is recovering from a video-assisted procedure on October 13 to remove the lower lobe of his right lung to treat pulmonary adenocarcinoma. Following his discharge from the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic on October 17, the 71-year-old Pope held his first general audience in St. Peter’s Square on October 22. Medical ~~evaluations, including histological and molecular biology tests,~~ evaluations confirmed the tumor was localized, meaning the Pope will require no chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or immunotherapy. ~~During~~ Following assessments by his ~~recovery,~~ personal physician, Luigi Carbone, and surgeon Stefano Margaritora, Vatican doctors have officially cleared the Pope ~~has resumed some public duties, including the Angelus prayer,~~ to proceed with his scheduled South American tour from November 6 to 17. The trip, covering Uruguay, Argentina, and ~~has addressed humanitarian concerns such as the need for a ceasefire in Oleshkiv, Ukraine,~~ Peru, will involve approximately 36 speeches across 10 cities and ~~an end to hostilities in Yemen, specifically in the city~~ roughly 31,000 kilometers of ~~Taiz.~~ travel. While he previously canceled a ~~scheduled~~ trip to Assisi ~~on October 27~~ to ~~prioritize~~ avoid helicopter travel during recovery, ~~his apostolic journey to~~ the South ~~America~~ American itinerary remains ~~scheduled for November 6 to 17, covering Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru.~~ intact despite including high-altitude stops like Cusco. In Argentina, the visit from November 8 to 11 ~~marks the first papal trip to the nation since 1987. The itinerary~~ includes a mass at the Fábrica Argentina de Aviones ~~(FAdeA)~~ in ~~Córdoba on November 8,~~ Córdoba, a visit to Pequeño Cottolengo Don Orione in ~~Claypole on November 9—a day declared a national holiday—and~~ Claypole, and a concluding mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of ~~Luján on November 11.~~ Luján. In Peru, ~~logistical and~~ security and logistical preparations are being finalized for visits to Lima, Callao, Chiclayo, Cusco, and Pucallpa. In Pucallpa, Defense Minister Rafael Belaunde has supervised preparations involving the Army, Navy, and Air Force, including the use of a patrol boat on the Yarinacocha lagoon. To secure perimeters, the The Peruvian Air Force will deploy an anti-drone system using sensors and electromagnetic perturbation to neutralize unauthorized drones. In Cusco, the Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport will suspend flight operations for over seven hours on November 15. In Lima, a final Mass is planned for November 16 at the Las Palmas Air Base, with an expected attendance of up to 1.2 million people.

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