Pope Leo XIV’s brother also battling cancer – report

A brother of Pope Leo XIV is receiving treatment for blood cancer, a report has said, a day after the pontiff underwent surgery that revealed a diagnosis of lung cancer.
A source close to the Prevost family told NBC 5 Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern that the pope’s brother, Louis, was being treated for blood cancer.
However, no further details were available about Louis’ prognosis or how long he had been undergoing treatment.
The development comes after Pope Leo underwent surgery in Rome, during which doctors confirmed he had lung adenocarcinoma, a type of non-small cell lung cancer.
According to Harvard Medical School, lung adenocarcinoma develops when abnormal cells in the lungs multip...