Pope Leo XIV clasps his hands after leading the Angelus in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 18, 2026, after being released from the hospital the previous day. Lead surgeon Dr. Stefano Margaritora said the pope’s recovery is progressing normally and that there is no medical reason to cancel his planned Nov. 6-17 trip […]
The congregation gathers at a memorial Mass for Redemptorist Father Patricio Alfredo Sánchez Molinari Oct. 18, 2026, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Guayaquil, Ecuador. A day earlier he was fatally injured when a large crucifix tipped forward and fell, striking the priest directly on the head while he was celebrating Mass at […]
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 […]
Pope Leo XIV talks at a table with prelates and laypeople Oct. 7, 2026, after he opened the weeklong Vatican meeting of presidents of bishops’ conferences marking the 10th anniversary of “Amoris Laetitia” (“The Joy of Love”). In his opening remarks, the pope spoke about the pastoral responsibility of the Church to find renewed ways […]
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 […]
Parishioners from St. Ann in Bethany Beach visited France while Pope Leo prayed at the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes. To be a pilgrim is to be a traveler, an explorer, an adventurer. To go on a religious pilgrimage is a unique experience that can stretch us and help us grow in faith and […]
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 […]
A nun holds an image of Pope Leo XIV while praying with rosary as Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, celebrates a Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 14, 2026, on the final day of the meeting in which the presidents of bishops’ conferences are marking the 10th […]
Pope Leo XIV gives his blessing to members of the Discalced Carmelite Sisters of the Holy Land, the Sisters of St. Catherine, the Salesian Missionaries of Mary Immaculate and the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres at the end of an audience Sept. 22, 2025, at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) The aim of World […]
Pope Leo XIV leads a prayer Oct. 7, 2026, as he opens the weeklong Vatican meeting of presidents of bishops’ conferences marking the 10th anniversary of “Amoris Laetitia” (The Joy of Love”). In his opening remarks, the pope spoke about the pastoral responsibility of the Church to find renewed ways of proclaiming the Gospel, offering […]