Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer. The Vatican said Tuesday that an intraoperative tissue exam during surgery at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital confirmed lung adenocarcinoma in the 71-year-old pontiff—the diagnosis made on the table, while surgeons were still working.

A team led by thoracic chief Stefano Margaritora removed the entire lower lobe of Leo’s right lung using a video-assisted technique, the Vatican said, “to ensure a radical resection.” He was in the operating room about three hours; the procedure itself ran 90 minutes. No complications. He woke normally and was returned to a 10th-floor room, where he’s expected to stay about a week, CBS News reported.

Leo broke the news of the operation himself, Sunday after the Angelus, describing the nodule as “contained” and caught early before departing the Vatican. His audiences are cleared through Oct. 20.

What the Vatican hasn’t said matters more than what it has. No stage. No word on whether the cancer spread. No treatment plan. A Vatican source told AFP further tests are underway, and the pathology report will determine whether radiation or chemotherapy follows, Omer Awan told PBS NewsHour. Until that lands, every prognosis is guesswork.

The nearer test is logistical. A Latin America trip including Peru is on the books for Nov. 6, and doctors typically advise against air travel for roughly three weeks after this kind of surgery. The Vatican hasn't confirmed either way, and a pope who announced his own operation from a window probably won’t keep the answer quiet for long.

Sen. Jon Ossoff killed the 2028 chatter in the opening minutes of a debate Tuesday night, telling a moderator he has ”zero interest” in the presidency and pledging to serve a full six-year term if Georgia sends him back.

The hourlong Atlanta Press Club debate (his second against Rep. Mike Collins) also hit tariffs, data centers and white nationalist posts shared by Collins’ son-in-law. Collins went with the label strategy, branding Ossoff “your DSA candidate.” Ossoff is the only Democratic senator defending a seat President Donald Trump won in 2024, and he closed June with $42.5 million in cash on hand.

With early voting underway, Ossoff is leading Collins by nearly 10 percentage points in Decision Desk HQ’s latest polling averages on the race, and Cook Political Report shifted the contest toward Democrats last month.

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Cornell University banned all parties and social events at fraternity houses for the rest of the academic year, effective Tuesday. Violate it and you face suspension. At a school where roughly a third of students are in Greek life, that's pretty serious.

President Michael Kotlikoff paired the ban with a longer list. Cornell will bring trauma-informed New York State Police criminal investigators onto campus sexual assault cases, add staff to its Office of Civil Rights and hire outside sexual violence prevention experts. The school also retained former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates for an independent review. a serious name to put on a campus problem. The pressure is coming from above, too. Gov. Kathy Hochul has tasked Attorney General Letitia James with the case, per NPR, and the PBS NewsHour and BBC both covered the crackdown as Kotlikoff vowed to address a campus culture he called "disturbing."

What’s still fuzzy: whether the ban reaches sororities or off-campus houses, and what Cornell’s promised alternatives actually look like. NPR also reported the faculty senate was set to weigh a no-confidence vote in the administration Wednesday. A party ban is the easy part. The rest is the test.