THE spokesman for the Vatican has called a newspaper report that Pope Francis has “a small dark spot on the brain” as unfounded.

According to the Vatican Radio, Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Holy See Press Office, issued the denial after an Italian newspaper reported that Pope Francis had sought treatment for a tumor.

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