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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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Israelis celebrate ahead of a march marking Jerusalem Day, an Israeli holiday celebrating the capture of east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war, in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (Credit: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP.)

Ultranationalist Jews chant racist slogans during annual march into Jerusalem’s Old City

May 15
Julia Frankel

A new crucifix that was sent by Italy to replace the one that was defaced by Isreali troops in Lebanon. (Credit: Houssam Naddaf/via AP.)

Israeli troops get prison for desecration of Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon

May 12
Julia Frankel

Israeli soldiers atop an APC in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (Credit: Ariel Schalit/AP.)

Lebanese Christians fear another occupation as Israel threatens to use Gaza tactics in the south

Mar 26
Kareem Chehayeb,
Julia Frankel

Smoke rises from scorched cars in a scrapyard that was set ablaze the night before by who local residents alleged were Israeli settlers in the town of Huwara near the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (Credit: Nasser Nasser/AP.)

Netanyahu convenes cabinet on settler violence in the West Bank that continues unabated

Nov 22, 2025
Julia Frankel,
Associated Press

People mourn at the grave of Hadar Goldin an Israeli soldier killed in Gaza in 2014 and whose body had been held there until it was released Sunday, during his funeral in Kfar Saba, Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Credit: Abir Sultan/Pool via AP.)

Israel’s president says ‘shocking’ settler violence against Palestinians must end

Nov 13, 2025
Melanie Lidman,
Julia Frankel, Associated Press

People walk in Manger Square, adjacent to the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. World-famous Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem have been put on hold due to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. (Credit: Mahmoud Illean/AP.)

Under the shadow of war in Gaza, Jesus’ traditional birthplace is gearing up for a subdued Christmas

Dec 18, 2023
Julia Frankel,
Jalal Bwaitel