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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is watching us, and ‘knows’ Pope Leo has noticed
People walk past the main entrance of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic where Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to be hospitalized in the next days to remove a lung nodule, in Rome, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

What to know about Pope Leo’s planned lung nodule surgery

Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to have an operation this week to remove “a localized nodule” in his lung that was “detected at a very early stage.” It is the first medical event of his 17-month papacy.

  • Oct 12
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Pages from the Anthropic website and the company’s logos are displayed on a computer screen in New York on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (Credit: Patrick Sison/AP.)
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  • Oct 13
  • Charles Collins
Military Services Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks during a press conference at a plenary assembly in Baltimore on Nov. 11, 2025. (Credit: Stephanie Scarbrough/AP.)

Archbishop of the U.S. military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad

  • Oct 13
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Local residents protest the Spanish government's handling of the Ceuta border crisis, two months after it occurred, in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. Banners read in Spanish: "Ceuta does not give up". (Credit: Bernat Armangue/AP.)

Spain’s worst border crisis frays Ceuta’s coexistence ahead of royals’ first visit

  • Oct 13
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Federal judge rejects the Oakland Diocese’s bankruptcy plan

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Panama suffers powerful quake aftershocks rattle communities, destroys historic Catholic church

  • Oct 13
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A woman receives medicine distributed through the “Medicine Is Not for Sale” community project in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. (Credit: Ramon Espinosa/AP.)

Cubans turn to free community pharmacies from Catholic Charities as medicines grow scarce

  • Oct 13
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Local residents protest the Spanish government's handling of the Ceuta border crisis, two months after it occurred, in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. Banners read in Spanish: "Ceuta does not give up". (Credit: Bernat Armangue/AP.)

Spain’s worst border crisis frays Ceuta’s coexistence ahead of royals’ first visit

  • Oct 13
  • Suman Naishadham
Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, California. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Federal judge rejects the Oakland Diocese’s bankruptcy plan

  • Oct 13
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A partially collapsed building stands after an earthquake struck Penonome, Panama, Friday, Oct. 9, 2026. (Credit: Aris Mariota/AP.)

Panama suffers powerful quake aftershocks rattle communities, destroys historic Catholic church

  • Oct 13
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A woman receives medicine distributed through the “Medicine Is Not for Sale” community project in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. (Credit: Ramon Espinosa/AP.)

Cubans turn to free community pharmacies from Catholic Charities as medicines grow scarce

  • Oct 13
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Cubans turn to free community pharmacies from Catholic Charities as medicines grow scarce

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Pope Leo XIV to be admitted into hospital on Tuesday

  • Oct 12
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Pope appeals for safe passage of Black Sea grain, saying Ukraine is ‘tormented’

  • Oct 12
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Pope Leo XIV will undergo surgery to remove a nodule on his lung

  • Oct 11
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  • Oct 12
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The statue of Pope John Paul II is seen at the entrance of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Premium article: Pope Leo has raised the bar on transparency about papal health: Is there a cost?

  • Oct 12
  • Charles Collins
Pope Leo XIV arrives to celebrate a mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, Oct.8, 2026, for the annual opening of the academic year at pontifical universities, joining Rome's 22 pontifical institutions and numerous others worldwide. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo declares death penalty ‘inadmissible’ as his native US plans to livestream execution

  • Oct 11
  • Nicole Winfield
The often barricaded Protestant church of Drumcree stands alone near the town of Portadown, Thursday, Dec. 2, 1999. (Credit: Adam Butler/AP.)

UK government blocks Northern Ireland march after standoff fueled sectarian tensions

  • Oct 11
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Attorneys for Christa Pike hold a news conference after a judge ruled the Tennessee Department of Corrections must preserve all evidence related to the failed execution of Pike, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (Credit: George Walker IV/AP.)

Premium article: Catholics are standing on a scaffold over death: Will we accept the offered coin?

  • Oct 11
  • Charles Collins
Rightwing leader Marine Le Pen and Far-right party National Rally president Jordan Bardella answer journalists as they arrive to visit a market in La Fleche, western France on July. 8, 2026. (Credit: Michel Euler/AP.)

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  • Oct 10
  • Fionn Shiner
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle

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  • Oct 10
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Soldiers from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment storm the grounds of the Soldier Readiness Center to apprehend a mass shooter in Fort Hood, Texas, on Nov. 5, 2009. (Credit: David Morris/Killeen Daily Herald via AP/AP.)

A botched execution and plans for one in public show the US is conflicted about capital punishment

  • Oct 10
  • John Hanna, 
    Deepa Bharath, Sarah Rankin

Catholic VP Vance expresses doubts about Pentagon plan to livestream Fort Hood shooter’s execution

  • Oct 10
  • Julie Carr Smyth, 
    Michelle L. Price

World Porridge Day highlights feeding the planet’s poorest children nourishing breakfasts so they go to school

  • Oct 10
  • Crux Now Staff

Australian bishop acknowledges 8-year delay in justice in Indigenous abuse case but defends process

  • Oct 9
  • Nicole Winfield

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  • Oct 9
  • Luis Andres Henao

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Pages from the Anthropic website and the company’s logos are displayed on a computer screen in New York on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (Credit: Patrick Sison/AP.)

Premium article: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is watching us, and ‘knows’ Pope Leo has noticed

  • Oct 13
  • Charles Collins
The statue of Pope John Paul II is seen at the entrance of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Premium article: Pope Leo has raised the bar on transparency about papal health: Is there a cost?

  • Oct 12
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Attorneys for Christa Pike hold a news conference after a judge ruled the Tennessee Department of Corrections must preserve all evidence related to the failed execution of Pike, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (Credit: George Walker IV/AP.)

Premium article: Catholics are standing on a scaffold over death: Will we accept the offered coin?

  • Oct 11
  • Charles Collins
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle

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  • Oct 10
  • Christopher R. Altieri
Pope Leo XIV praying at the tomb of Saint Francis in Assisi, Italy, Nov. 20, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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  • Oct 7
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A fan wears a promotional pope hat during a baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox in Chicago on Aug. 11, 2026. (Credit: Melissa Tamez/AP.)

Premium article: The White Sox are in the playoffs: Do you have to support Pope Leo’s team?

  • Oct 5
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Dolly the sheep dog rests in her home in Leicester, England. (Credit: Father Johannes Arens.)

Premium article: As annual blessing of animals takes place, some wonder: Will my pet go to heaven?

  • Oct 3
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Pope Leo XIV next to Vatican Press Officer Matteo Bruni on the papal plane from Metz, France, to Rome, Italy, on Sep. 28, 2026. (Credit: Alberto Pizzoli/Pool Photo via AP.)

Pope Leo says German far right’s views on Christianity ‘not authentic’

  • Sep 29
  • Charles Collins
Aberdeen Town House, the administrative Headquarters of Aberdeen City Council in Scotland. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Church leaders in Scotland want city of Aberdeen to provide a Catholic high school

  • Sep 28
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  • Jun 12
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Leo XIV to human traffickers: ‘Repent!’

  • Jun 12
  • Elise Ann Allen

In Canary Islands, pope puts a spotlight on tragedies of migration

  • Jun 11
  • Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo inaugurates new tower of Spain’s famed Sagrada Familia

  • Jun 10
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Pope Leo XIV signs Magnifica humanitas. (Image ©Vatican Media)

Premium article: Amid doomsaying on AI, Leo XIV looks before – and beyond – regulation

  • Sep 20
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Premium article: Leo XIV: An Augustinian through-and-through (and still an enigma)

  • Aug 23
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Pope appeals for persecuted Palestinian Christians as violence continues

  • Aug 16
  • Christopher R. Altieri

Pope’s 2027 Peace Day message to focus on ‘disarming technology’

  • Aug 11
  • Christopher R. Altieri

Pope appeals for peace in Sudan as siege of key city intensifies

  • Aug 9
  • Christopher R. Altieri

  1. Pope Leo XIV will undergo surgery to remove a nodule on his lung

  2. Premium article: Catholics are standing on a scaffold over death: Will we accept the offered coin?

  3. Pope Leo declares death penalty ‘inadmissible’ as his native US plans to livestream execution

  4. Premium article: Pope Leo has raised the bar on transparency about papal health: Is there a cost?

  5. Pope Leo XIV to be admitted into hospital on Tuesday

Premium article: Inside the Amoris meeting: Asian voices bring crucial perspective

  • Oct 12
  • Nirmala Carvalho
Pope Leo XIV arrives to celebrate a mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, Oct.8, 2026, for the annual opening of the academic year at pontifical universities, joining Rome's 22 pontifical institutions and numerous others worldwide. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo declares death penalty ‘inadmissible’ as his native US plans to livestream execution

  • Oct 11
  • Nicole Winfield
The often barricaded Protestant church of Drumcree stands alone near the town of Portadown, Thursday, Dec. 2, 1999. (Credit: Adam Butler/AP.)

UK government blocks Northern Ireland march after standoff fueled sectarian tensions

  • Oct 11
  • Danica Kirka
Rightwing leader Marine Le Pen and Far-right party National Rally president Jordan Bardella answer journalists as they arrive to visit a market in La Fleche, western France on July. 8, 2026. (Credit: Michel Euler/AP.)

Premium article: Europe goes to the polls — with the rightwing lurking

  • Oct 10
  • Fionn Shiner
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle

Premium article: Tagle election means less than it may seem

  • Oct 10
  • Christopher R. Altieri
Soldiers from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment storm the grounds of the Soldier Readiness Center to apprehend a mass shooter in Fort Hood, Texas, on Nov. 5, 2009. (Credit: David Morris/Killeen Daily Herald via AP/AP.)

A botched execution and plans for one in public show the US is conflicted about capital punishment

  • Oct 10
  • John Hanna, 
    Deepa Bharath, Sarah Rankin

Catholic VP Vance expresses doubts about Pentagon plan to livestream Fort Hood shooter’s execution

  • Oct 10
  • Julie Carr Smyth, 
    Michelle L. Price

World Porridge Day highlights feeding the planet’s poorest children nourishing breakfasts so they go to school

  • Oct 10
  • Crux Now Staff

Australian bishop acknowledges 8-year delay in justice in Indigenous abuse case but defends process

  • Oct 9
  • Nicole Winfield

First suicide memorial by a US archdiocese signals a compassionate shift by the Catholic Church

  • Oct 9
  • Luis Andres Henao