2026年10月12日 / 美国东部时间上午10:36 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
梵蒂冈宣布，教皇利奥十四世将于周二入院接受手术，以切除近期医学检查中发现的肺结节。此前他已于数日前透露了这一手术计划。
梵蒂冈新闻办公室未说明手术具体时间，但表示术后需要在医院接受为期一周的康复治疗。
这位出生于美国的教皇在周日的正午祈祷仪式上透露了结节被发现的消息，并表示他将遵照医生的建议进行切除。
他表示，结节处于早期阶段且“范围局限”。
71岁的利奥周日说道：“医生认为最好采取干预措施，因此我听从他们的建议，决定接受手术切除结节。感谢大家给予我的精神支持，我将自己托付给你们的祈祷。”
他将在罗马的杰梅利综合医院接受治疗，该院设有专供教皇使用的特殊病房。
梵蒂冈新闻办公室周一表示，此次检查并非由特定病症引发，驳斥了意大利媒体关于炎症促使教皇进行体检的报道。
此次手术是利奥十四世就任教皇17个月以来首次重大健康事件。此次事件意义特殊，因为教皇本人以最公开的方式披露了消息：在圣彼得广场数千民众参与的周日正午祈福仪式临近结束时宣布了这一消息。
梵蒂冈数个世纪以来一直严格保密教皇的健康状况，在教皇患病相关信息的发布上经常含糊其辞，甚至完全不对外公布。教皇方济各曾试图改变这一做法，坦诚谈及自己的健康问题并谈及自己最终的离世，但即便在他的教皇任期内，相关信息也受到严格管控。
利奥此次主动披露病情，表明这位美国籍教皇展现出了不同寻常的透明度。
根据美国癌症协会的信息，肺结节是指在胸部或腹部CT扫描中发现的直径小于1英寸的小型异常区域。这类扫描通常用于排查外伤或肺部感染，而非肺癌筛查。
周一，梵蒂冈的工作一如往常。利奥主持了与罗马慈善团体圣彼得俱乐部成员的接见活动，并接受了该团体的捐款。他以洪亮清晰的声音发表讲话，赞扬了该团体的服务与奉献精神。会后，现场民众向他致以热烈的掌声。
当日他还安排了六场其他私人接见，签署了三项任命文件，并发布了一封致即将卸任的枢机主教团团长的感谢信，感谢其为教廷所做的工作。这封信于周日签署。
当天下午，他预计将继续开展接见活动，如果时间允许，还将重新出席他召集的为期一周的家庭牧养会议。
教皇原计划于11月6日至17日前往乌拉圭、阿根廷和秘鲁进行访问。目前尚不清楚此次计划中的手术及康复期是否会影响此次出访行程。
Pope Leo to go to hospital Tuesday for lung nodule surgery
October 12, 2026 / 10:36 AM EDT / CBS/AP
Pope Leo XIV will be admitted to the hospital on Tuesday, days after he shared he would undergo surgery to remove a lung nodule discovered during recent medical tests, the Vatican announced.
The Holy See press office didn’t say when the operation itself would take place, but said it will require a weeklong recovery in the hospital.
The U.S.-born pontiff revealed the discovery of the nodule during his Sunday noon prayer and said he was following doctors’ advice to have it removed.
He said it was found in an early stage and was “circumscribed.”
“The doctors believe it’s best to take action, so, following their advice, I’ve decided to have surgery to remove it,” Leo, 71, said Sunday. “Thank you for your spiritual support, and I entrust myself to your prayers.”
He will be treated at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, which has a special apartment for the pope.
The Vatican press office said Monday that no particular issue precipitated the tests, denying Italian media reports suggesting an inflammation had prompted Leo to undergo the checkup.
The pope’s surgery marks the first major health event of his 17-month pontificate. It was significant because the pope himself revealed the news, in perhaps the most public way possible: at the end of his Sunday noon blessing with thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square.
The Vatican has for centuries zealously guarded the pope’s health and has often sent out confusing information, or none at all, about papal illnesses. Pope Francis tried to change that by being upfront about his frailties and musing on his eventual death. But even during his pontificate, information was tightly controlled.
Leo’s decision and reveal suggested an unusual level of transparency by the American pope.
A lung nodule is a small abnormal area measuring less than 1 inch that sometimes appears on a CT scan of the chest or abdomen, according to the American Cancer Society. Often, the scans are done to investigate trauma or a lung infection, unrelated to a lung cancer screening.
On Monday, it was business as usual at the Vatican. Leo presided over an audience with members of a Rome-based charity, the Circolo San Pietro, and received a donation from them. He spoke in a strong, clear voice, praising their service and sacrifice. The crowd gave him a rousing round of applause afterward.
He had six other private audiences, made three appointments and the Vatican released a letter he had penned to the outgoing dean of the College of Cardinals, thanking him for his service. The letter was signed on Sunday.
In the afternoon, he was expected to continue his audiences and, if time, rejoin a weeklong conference he convened on ministering to families.
The pope has a major trip planned Nov. 6-17 to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. It’s unclear whether the planned surgery and recovery would affect the itinerary.
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