Pope Brain Tumor Report Is `A Complete Lie,' Vatican Says
- Quotidiano Nazionale newspaper says pope has `small tumor'
- Vatican calls the Italian news report `absolutely baseless'
Pope Francis
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The Vatican described as “a complete lie” and “absolutely baseless” an Italian online newspaper report that Pope Francis has a small brain tumor.
The report in the Quotidiano Nazionale newspaper said that a “small tumor” was discovered in the pontiff’s brain several months ago and that it can be cured without surgery, while the report did not identify who provided the information.