Pope Leo XIV returned to the Vatican after being discharged from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 17, four days after an operation for lung cancer. His surgeon, Dr. Stefano Margaritora, told Vatican News that there are “no clinical reasons” the pope should not make his planned trip to South America, Nov. 6 to […]
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Pope Leo speaks with Putin by telephone from hospital
Pope Leo XIV “spoke by telephone” with Russian President Vladimir Putin, from his hospital room on Oct. 16 and asked him to call for a ceasefire in Oleshky, where the humanitarian situation is dire.
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First photos of Pope Leo since surgery released by the Vatican
A new photo of Pope Leo XIV shows him celebrating Mass at the chapel in Rome Gemelli hospital, where he underwent lung cancer surgery on Tuesday.
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What will Pope Leo’s lung cancer diagnosis mean for his papacy?
Faced with the prospect of a shorter-than-expected papacy, questions arise about how Pope Leo might approach his time as pontiff going forward.
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Interview: Cardinal Cupich on Pope Leo’s ‘shocking’ cancer diagnosis
Cardinal Cupich thinks that after recovery, the first American pope will have even greater “credibility” among the people because of this experience of fragility.
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Pope Leo has ‘resumed work’ three days after lung cancer surgery
Vatican sources said Pope Leo had received a visit from Archbishop Paolo Rudelli, the chief of staff of the Vatican’s Secretariat of State, this afternoon.
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Pope Leo concelebrated Mass in hospital chapel as recovery from lung surgery proceeds ‘as expected’
Pope Leo XIV is making “a normal postoperative recovery” following an operation to remove the lower lobe of his right lung, where doctors had found a malignant tumor.
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What to know about Pope Leo’s cancer diagnosis
The Vatican announced last night that Pope Leo XIV’s surgery Tuesday afternoon confirmed the diagnosis that had already been indicated by his pre-operation tests: pulmonary adenocarcinoma, the most common type of non-small cell lung cancer.
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Pope Leo diagnosed with lung cancer, Vatican announces
Tests confirmed a diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma, the Vatican said in a medical bulletin after the surgery.
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Pope Leo’s lung surgery concludes ‘positively,’ Vatican says
“The operation has concluded positively, within the time and ways that were envisaged,” and “the Holy Father is now back in his room,” the Vatican said in a brief statement.