Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass on the 10th floor at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital Oct. 16, 2026, following his cancer surgery Oct. 13. In his homily, the pontiff thanked the staff, doctors, nurses and orderlies for their daily work caring for the sick and, in particular, for what they have done for him. (OSV News photo/Vatican […]
Images of Pope Leo XVI and other objects are displayed at the base of the statue of St. John Paul II outside Rome’s Gemelli Hospital Oct. 15, 2026. Doctors treating Pope Leo XIV said Oct. 15 that tests show “good recovery of the operated lung” two days after his cancer surgery. The pope underwent surgery […]
A woman prays with a rosary and a card portraying Pope Leo XIV Oct. 14, 2026, where the pope had surgery the previous evening to remove a lung nodule. The Vatican confirmed after the surgery that Pope Leo has lung cancer. (OSV News photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters) VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV is recovering as […]
Pope Leo XIV smiles as a person takes a cellphone photo as the pontiff arrives at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital Oct. 13, 2026, ahead of his surgery that afternoon to remove a lung nodule. (OSV News photo/Ciro De Luca, Reuters) Pope Leo XIV’s surgery to remove a lung nodule on Oct. 13 was completed successfully, the […]