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Pope Leo XIV’s cancer diagnosis raises questions about the future and the very recent past
Pope Leo XIV arrives at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, where doctors expect to remove a lung nodule. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope Leo is eating, celebrating Mass and walking after cancer surgery, but trip is in question

Pope Leo XIV resumed his regular diet, began walking and celebrated Mass in the hospital Wednesday as he recovered from surgery to remove a cancerous mass from his lung, the Vatican said.

  • Oct 15
  • Nicole Winfield, 
    Colleen Barry
A pedestrian walks past Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago’s calls for prayers, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, for Pope Leo XIV after his lung cancer diagnosis. (Credit: Nam Y. Huh/AP.)

Chicago Catholics rally for prayer in Pope Leo’s hometown after his lung cancer diagnosis

  • Oct 15
  • Laura Bargfeld, 
    Luis Andres Henao
An image of Pope Leo XIV rests at the base of a statue of late pope St. John Paul II outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, where Leo is hospitalized for surgery to remove a lung nodule, in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV’s cancer diagnosis raises questions about the future and the very recent past

  • Oct 15
  • Nicole Winfield
A nun holds a picture of Pope Leo XIV prior to the start of a Mass to conclude the Vatican meeting of the heads of Eastern Catholic Churches and presidents of bishops’ conferences titled “Ten Years After Amoris Laetitia: Proclaiming the Gospel With Families Today,” in St. Peter¥s Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer called adenocarcinoma. Here’s what that means

  • Oct 15
  • Lauran Neergaard
Ice cream vendor Alicia Caso touches a life-size statue of Pope Leo XIV standing on display outside a church in the Barranco neighborhood of Lima, Peru, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, a month before the pope’s visit to Peru. (Credit: Martin Mejia/AP.)

South Americans pray for Pope Leo’s recovery as uncertainty hangs over his visit

  • Oct 15
  • Franklin Briceno, 
    Isabel Debre
Pope Leo XIV leaves the Vatican for the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, where he’s expected to be operated to remove a lung nodule. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Photos show Pope Leo XIV at hospital and supporters praying as he undergoes cancer surgery

  • Oct 15
  • Associated Press
Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV’s brother reveals that he also has cancer

  • Oct 14
  • Crux Now Staff
A nun holds a picture of Pope Leo XIV prior to the start of a Mass to conclude the Vatican meeting of the heads of Eastern Catholic Churches and presidents of bishops’ conferences titled “Ten Years After Amoris Laetitia: Proclaiming the Gospel With Families Today,” in St. Peter¥s Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer called adenocarcinoma. Here’s what that means

  • Oct 15
  • Lauran Neergaard
Ice cream vendor Alicia Caso touches a life-size statue of Pope Leo XIV standing on display outside a church in the Barranco neighborhood of Lima, Peru, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, a month before the pope’s visit to Peru. (Credit: Martin Mejia/AP.)

South Americans pray for Pope Leo’s recovery as uncertainty hangs over his visit

  • Oct 15
  • Franklin Briceno, 
    Isabel Debre
Pope Leo XIV leaves the Vatican for the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, where he’s expected to be operated to remove a lung nodule. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Photos show Pope Leo XIV at hospital and supporters praying as he undergoes cancer surgery

  • Oct 15
  • Associated Press
Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV’s brother reveals that he also has cancer

  • Oct 14
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Pope Leo XIV’s brother reveals that he also has cancer

  • Oct 14
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Pope Leo is eating and recovering after cancer surgery, his doctors say

  • Oct 14
  • Nicole Winfield, 
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Pope Leo XIV diagnosed with lung cancer after surgery to remove part of right lung

  • Oct 14
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Vatican says pope’s lung nodule surgery was successfully completed

  • Oct 13
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is watching us, and ‘knows’ Pope Leo has noticed

  • Oct 13
  • Charles Collins
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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
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  • Oct 10
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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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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
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  • Sep 28
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  • Jun 12
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  • Jun 12
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  • Jun 11
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  • Jun 10
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Pope Leo XIV signs Magnifica humanitas. (Image ©Vatican Media)

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  • 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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  • Aug 16
  • Christopher R. Altieri

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

  • Aug 11
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  • Aug 9
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  • Oct 14
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Chicago police say DNA ties a former detective to decades-old unsolved killing of 8-year-old girl on her way to Mass

  • Oct 14
  • Cybele Mayes-Osterman
Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia greet the crowd during their visit to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. (Credit: Manu Fernández/AP.)

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  • Oct 14
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Pope Leo XIV leaves the Vatican for the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, where he's expected to be operated to remove a lung nodule. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Who’s in charge when the pope is unconscious and unable to govern? The pope

  • Oct 13
  • Nicole Winfield
Postcards of Pope Leo XIV are displayed outside a shop selling religious items near St. Peter's Square, in Rome, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV arrives at Rome’s Gemelli hospital ahead of surgery to remove lung nodule

  • Oct 13
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    Colleen Barry
A mosaic of Pope Leo XIV is displayed inside a shop selling religious items near St. Peter's Square, in Rome, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV is set to enter a Rome hospital for removal of a lung nodule

  • Oct 13
  • Nicole Winfield, 
    Colleen Barry
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.)

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

  • Oct 13
  • Charles Collins
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Archbishop of the U.S. military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad

  • Oct 13
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Spain’s worst border crisis frays Ceuta’s coexistence ahead of royals’ first visit

  • Oct 13
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  • Oct 13
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Panama suffers powerful quake aftershocks rattle communities, destroys historic Catholic church

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

  • Oct 13
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  2. Pope Leo XIV diagnosed with lung cancer after surgery to remove part of right lung

  3. Pope Leo XIV’s brother reveals that he also has cancer

  4. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is watching us, and ‘knows’ Pope Leo has noticed

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

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  • Oct 14
  • Crux Now Staff
Adam Kowalewicz holds a photo of his slain sister, Gloria, as he displays family photos during an interview with the Chicago Tribune on Oct. 9, 2026. (Credit: Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP.)

Chicago police say DNA ties a former detective to decades-old unsolved killing of 8-year-old girl on her way to Mass

  • Oct 14
  • Cybele Mayes-Osterman
Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia greet the crowd during their visit to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. (Credit: Manu Fernández/AP.)

In first visit to Ceuta, Spain’s king asks for ‘good faith’ from Morocco after migration crisis

  • Oct 14
  • Joseph Wilson, 
    Manu Fernandez
Pope Leo XIV leaves the Vatican for the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, where he's expected to be operated to remove a lung nodule. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Who’s in charge when the pope is unconscious and unable to govern? The pope

  • Oct 13
  • Nicole Winfield
Postcards of Pope Leo XIV are displayed outside a shop selling religious items near St. Peter's Square, in Rome, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV arrives at Rome’s Gemelli hospital ahead of surgery to remove lung nodule

  • Oct 13
  • Nicole Winfield, 
    Colleen Barry
A mosaic of Pope Leo XIV is displayed inside a shop selling religious items near St. Peter's Square, in Rome, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV is set to enter a Rome hospital for removal of a lung nodule

  • Oct 13
  • Nicole Winfield, 
    Colleen Barry

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

  • Oct 13
  • Associated Press

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

  • Oct 13
  • Suman Naishadham

Federal judge rejects the Oakland Diocese’s bankruptcy plan

  • Oct 13
  • Azucena Rasilla /The Oaklandside

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

  • Oct 13
  • Aris Mariota, 
    Alma Solís