Pope Leo’s recovery from lung cancer surgery ‘progressing as planned’

Pontiff has begun walking in his hospital room and is eating normally after operation to remove growth, doctors say Pope Leo’s recovery from a lung cancer operation is progressing as planned, his doctors have said, as the pontiff received good wishes from around the world, including a letter from Britain’s King Charles. Leo, who had a cancerous mass removed from his right lung late on Tuesday , began walking in his hospital room after respiratory therapy on Wednesday.