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Pope Leo Diagnosed With Lung Cancer After Surgery in Rome
The Vatican said Pope Leo XIV was diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma after surgeons removed the lower lobe of his right lung in a 90-minute operation at Rome's Gemelli hospital.
Pietro Lasorsa · 545 words
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Continental in the mountains, Mediterranean on the coasts.
Mountains and badlands between two seas; the Sassi of Matera, the Val d'Agri oilfields.
Economy & culture
Oil and gas (Italy's largest onshore field), agriculture, the Matera tourism boom, automotive.
Matera, once 'the shame of Italy', now a film set and capital of culture; a sparse, ancient South.