Colleen Barry, AP, Author at Crux

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 tells faithful in St. Peter’s Square he will gradually resume duties after cancer surgery

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Pope Leo returns to the Vatican 4 days after lung cancer surgery

by Colleen Barry, AP October 17, 2026October 20, 2026

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

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A television light is pointed towards the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, where Pope Leo XIV is hospitalized after undergoing a surgery, in Rome, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

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

by Nicole Winfield, AP and Colleen Barry, AP October 14, 2026October 14, 2026

Pope Leo XIV arrives at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, where he’s expected to be operated to remove a lung nodule. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV diagnosed with lung cancer after surgery to remove part of right lung

by Nicole Winfield, AP and Colleen Barry, AP
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Medical Director Andrea Cambieri, right, greets Pope Leo XIV as he arrives at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, where doctors expect to operate to remove a lung nodule. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Vatican says pope’s lung nodule surgery was successfully completed

by Nicole Winfield, AP and Colleen Barry, AP October 13, 2026

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

by Nicole Winfield, AP and Colleen Barry, AP October 13, 2026October 13, 2026

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

by Nicole Winfield, AP and Colleen Barry, AP October 13, 2026October 26, 2026

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

by Colleen Barry, AP and Nicole Winfield, AP October 12, 2026

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 will undergo surgery to remove a nodule on his lung

by Nicole Winfield, AP and Colleen Barry, AP October 11, 2026

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