On the record · Updated October 18, 2026
Vatican Secretary of State
2 things Cardinal Pietro Parolin said, verbatim, on October 14, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the questions at issue, with who supported, disputed, or qualified each one.
Positions
Supports
“when these things are caught in time, they can be resolved.”
CNN Pope Leo has lung cancer; surgeons removed the lower lobe of his right lung ›
Others on this question
“the outcomes are quite good, with a 5-year disease free survival of (more than) 80% for the earliest stages of non-small cell lung cancer”
“premature to be alarmed, but it's also premature to say everything's fine”
More on the record
As printed
“Am I worried? Yes, because I certainly wasn't expecting anything like this,”
on the Pope's lung cancer diagnosis, said by the Vatican's secretary of state
BBC News Pope diagnosed with lung cancer but had successful surgery, Vatican says ›
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