{"id":11305,"date":"2026-11-06T20:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T20:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/pope-leo-arrives-in-uruguay-after-lung-cancer-surgery\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T20:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T20:00:48","slug":"pope-leo-arrives-in-uruguay-after-lung-cancer-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/pope-leo-arrives-in-uruguay-after-lung-cancer-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo arrives in Uruguay after lung cancer surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"57\">\n<p>Pope Leo XIV has arrived in Uruguay for a 12-day tour of South America, three weeks after undergoing lung cancer surgery.\n<\/p>\n<p>The 71-year-old pontiff arrived in the country on Friday, with journalists aboard the papal plane confirming his arrival.\n<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters during the flight from the Vatican, Leo said he was in \u201cfairly good shape\u201d and \u201cvery happy\u201d to be returning to South America, where he spent nearly two decades as a missionary.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know some people were doubtful about this trip taking place,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had no doubt and was convinced that this trip had to go forward,\u201d the Pope added.\n<\/p>\n<p>The visit marks the beginning of his 12-day South American tour, which comes weeks after his surgery.\n<\/p>\n<p>Leo\u2019s trip is expected to take him across the continent as he reconnects with a region where he spent a significant part of his missionary life.<\/p>\n<p>AFP\n                    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"14.852589641434\">\n<p> All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contact\">Contact: <a href=\"\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#b4c0dcd1d1d0ddc0dbc6f4c4c1dad7dcdad39ad7dbd9\"> <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"74001c1111101d001b063404011a171c1a135a171b19\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Leo XIV has arrived in Uruguay for a 12-day tour of South America, three weeks after undergoing lung cancer surgery. The 71-year-old pontiff arrived in the country on Friday,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}