No further treatment needed for Pope Leo after cancer surgery, Vatican says
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[0:00] Breaking news. The Vatican says the Pope
[0:02] will not need any further therapy after
[0:04] his lung cancer surgery. This morning,
[0:07] Pope Leo held his first general audience
[0:09] since his surgery. The Catholic leader
[0:11] blessed children and waved to crowds
[0:13] from the Pope mobile in St. Peter
[0:15] Square. Just eight days ago, he had the
[0:17] lower lobe of his right lung removed.
[0:19] The 71-year-old pontiff promised earlier
[0:21] this week he would slowly resume his
[0:24] duties following his surgery. Let's
[0:26] bring in CBS News senior foreign
[0:27] correspondent C