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Pope Leo tells faithful in St. Peter’s Square he will gradually resume duties after cancer surgery

Pope Leo XIV appears at the window of his study in the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for the traditional noon blessing after praying the Angelus, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026, a day after he returned from the hospital, where he had lung cancer removed on Tuesday. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope Leo tells faithful in St. Peter’s Square he will gradually resume duties after cancer surgery

Oct 18
Colleen Barry,
Trisha Thomas

Pope Leo XIV, followed by surgeon Stefano Margaritora, leaves Rome's Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026, after Tuesday's surgery to remove lung cancer. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope Leo returns to the Vatican 4 days after lung cancer surgery

Oct 17
Colleen Barry

An image of Pope Leo XIV rests at the base of a statue of Pope St. John Paul II at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, where Leo is hospitalized, in Rome, Friday, Oct. 16, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

An American pope brings American-style governance to the Vatican, even in a health crisis

Oct 17
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for Gemelli Hospital medical staff on his fourth day in hospital, Oct. 16, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

First images released of Pope Leo celebrating Mass at hospital after cancer surgery

Oct 16
Nicole Winfield

An image of Pope Leo XIV rests at the base of a statue of Pope St. John Paul II at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, where Leo is hospitalized, in Rome, Friday, Oct. 16, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

An American pope brings American-style governance to the Vatican, even in a health crisis

Oct 17
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for Gemelli Hospital medical staff on his fourth day in hospital, Oct. 16, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

First images released of Pope Leo celebrating Mass at hospital after cancer surgery

Oct 16
Nicole Winfield

An image of Pope Leo XIV rests at the base of a statue of late pope St. John Paul II outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, where Leo is hospitalized for surgery to remove a lung nodule, in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV’s cancer diagnosis raises questions about the future and the very recent past

Oct 15
Nicole Winfield

President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Majestic Valley Arena, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, in Kalispell, Mont. (Credit: Alex Brandon/AP.)

Catholic support for Trump is declining, but is it just part of a national trend?

Oct 16
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Ice cream vendor Alicia Caso touches a life-size statue of Pope Leo XIV standing on display outside a church in the Barranco neighborhood of Lima, Peru, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, a month before the pope’s visit to Peru. (Credit: Martin Mejia/AP.)

South Americans pray for Pope Leo’s recovery as uncertainty hangs over his visit

Oct 15
Franklin Briceno,
Isabel Debre

Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter’ s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope will retrace his missionary footsteps in Peru and finally visit Argentina in November

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