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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
Charles Collins

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A sign on the outside of the Fairview Presbyterian Church on the edge of the Butler University campus shows its congregation's support for the Butler men's basketball team in Indianapolis, Ind. on Monday, April 4, 2011. (Credit: Amy Sancetta/AP.)

Giggle for God: America’s witty church signs aim to inspire, attract drivers and passersby

Oct 1
Giovanna Dell'Orto

Christian pilgrims walk past the site where a nun was attacked by a man last Wednesday, after visiting the Cenacle, traditionally believed to be the site of the Last Supper, in Jerusalem, Friday, May 1, 2026. (Credit: Leo Correa/AP.)

Jerusalem court acquits a man indicted in nun attack, orders psychiatric care

Aug 28
Giovanna Dell'Orto

Christian Orthodox pilgrims hold up candles during the Holy Fire ceremony, at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the Old City of Jerusalem, Saturday, April 11, 2026. (Credit: Mahmoud Illean/AP.)

Reporter spends the night locked inside Jerusalem’s holiest church with clergy and pilgrims

Aug 26
Giovanna Dell'Orto

A priest enters the Basilica of the Transfiguration on Mount Tabor, northern Israel, on Aug. 6, 2026. (Credit: Ariel Schalit/AP.)

Israel’s Christians rely on faith and allies as they fear rising harassment

Aug 16
Giovanna Dell'Orto

Father John Ubel, pastor of the Church of Saint Agnes, processes into the sanctuary with altar servers at the start of one of the Catholic parish’s Latin Masses in St. Paul, Minn., Sunday, June 28, 2026. (Credit: Giovanna Dell’Orto/AP.)

Latin Mass, but faithful to the pope: A Minnesota church shows a different way during schism crisis

Jul 3
Giovanna Dell'Orto

Migrants react as they arrive at the port in La Restinga on the Canary island of El Hierro, Spain, on, Aug. 19, 2024. (Credit: Maria Ximena/AP.)

Catholics hope Pope Leo’s visit to Europe’s migration hot spots will ease political tensions

Jun 5
Giovanna Dell'Orto,
Renata Brito

Parishioners pray during a mass in the crypt of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, May 15, 2026. (Credit: Emilio Morenatti/AP.)

Returning to the fold? Some young Spaniards embrace Catholicism and can’t wait for Pope Leo’s visit

Jun 1
Giovanna Dell'Orto,
Associated Press

Auxiliary Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala speaks on a panel about immigration at Georgetown University in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (Credit: Luis Andres Henao/AP.)

Catholic priest who criticized Trump immigration crackdown named West Virginia bishop

May 2
John Raby,
Giovanna Dell'Orto, Associated Press

A hooded penitent of the Nuestro Padre Jesus del Huerto y San Diego brotherhood participates in a Holy Week procession in Baena, southern Spain, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (Credit: Manu Fernandez/AP.)

Women take pride in Holy Week roles after a Spanish Catholic brotherhood’s procession excluded them

Apr 4
Manu Fernandez,
Giovanna Dell'Orto, Associated Press