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 […]
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 […]
A nun holds an image of Pope Leo XIV 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 a meeting in which the presidents of bishops’ conferences are marking the 10th anniversary of “Amoris Laetitia” […]
Pope Leo XIV leaves following a Mass marking the start of the academic year at the Pontifical Universities, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Oct. 8, 2026. After the Angelus prayer on Oct. 11, he announced that he would undergo surgery to remove a lung nodule. (OSV News photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters) Shortly after Pope […]