How worried should Catholics be about the pope’s health?

The timing of the pope’s announcement and surgery this week suggests that the timing isn’t entirely by choice.

Pope Leo XIV announced on Sunday that he will undergo surgery this week to remove a “nodule” from his lung. The pope made the announcement at the end of his Sunday Angelus address, asking for prayers.

Credit: Vatican Media.

“Dear all, recently, during some checkups, the doctors discovered a nodule in my lung. It was detected at a very early stage and was …