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DEVELOPING · 11 OCT → 22 OCT 2026 · 12 EDITIONS · 199 OUTLETS

Pope Leo XIV diagnosed with lung cancer after surgery

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 99 199 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 11 Oct 12:14 UTC · Pope Leo XIV to undergo surgery to remove lung nodule 11 Oct 18:10 UTC · Pope Leo XIV to undergo surgery to remove lung nodule 12 Oct 00:08 UTC · Pope Leo XIV to undergo surgery to remove lung nodule 12 Oct 06:45 UTC · Pope Leo XIV to undergo surgery for lung nodule 12 Oct 12:09 UTC · Pope Leo XIV to undergo surgery to remove lung nodule 12 Oct 18:08 UTC · Pope Leo XIV to undergo surgery for lung nodule 13 Oct 00:09 UTC · Pope Leo XIV to undergo surgery for lung nodule 13 Oct 12:10 UTC · Pope Leo XIV hospitalized for surgery to remove lung nodule 13 Oct 18:10 UTC · Pope Leo XIV enters Rome hospital for lung nodule surgery 14 Oct 00:09 UTC · Pope Leo XIV diagnosed with lung cancer after surgery 14 Oct 06:09 UTC · Pope Leo XIV diagnosed with lung cancer after surgery

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 7 HEADLINES

  1. 11 Oct, 12:14 UTC

    Pope Leo XIV to undergo surgery to remove lung nodule

  2. 12 Oct, 06:45 UTC

    Pope Leo XIV to undergo surgery for lung nodule

  3. 12 Oct, 12:09 UTC

    Pope Leo XIV to undergo surgery to remove lung nodule

  4. 12 Oct, 18:08 UTC

    Pope Leo XIV to undergo surgery for lung nodule

  5. 13 Oct, 12:10 UTC

    Pope Leo XIV hospitalized for surgery to remove lung nodule

  6. 13 Oct, 18:10 UTC

    Pope Leo XIV enters Rome hospital for lung nodule surgery

  7. 14 Oct, 00:09 UTC

    Pope Leo XIV diagnosed with lung cancer after surgery

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • St Peter · 9 outlets
  • Gemelli Hospital · 7 outlets
  • Catholic Church · 4 outlets
  • Holy Father · 4 outlets
  • Castel Gandolfo · 3 outlets
  • Louis Prevost · 2 outlets
  • Stephen Liu · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Stefano Margaritora · from 13 Oct 21:03, 3 outlets
  • Latin America · from 12 Oct 19:06, 2 outlets
  • While Gemelli · from 13 Oct 21:03, 2 outlets
  • Luigi Carbone · from 13 Oct 21:18, 2 outlets
  • Holy Spirit · from 13 Oct 23:45, 2 outlets