VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Leo XIV will undergo surgery in the afternoon Oct. 13 at Rome's Gemelli Hospital to remove a small nodule in his lung.Television cameras located outside the Perugino gate of Vatican City broadcast the pope leaving a few minutes before 1 p.m. Rome time in a small Fiat car with the "SCV 1" license plate of the popemobile. He lifted his arm to wave to onlookers.  Pope Leo XIV greets well-wishers and onlookers as he arrives at Rome's Gemelli Hospital Oct. 13, 2026, for an operation that afternoon to remove a nodule in his lung. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) He arrived at the hospital about 10 minutes later, smiling and waving to the large crowd that had gathered at the entrance and greeting hospital officials.The Vatican press hall told reporters in a communique Oct. 13 that the pope would be operated on in the afternoon by a thoracic medical team led by Dr. Stefano Margaritora, who is the hospital's director of thoracic surgery and head of the