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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

Oct 14
Nicole Winfield,
Colleen Barry

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

Oct 13
Nicole Winfield,
Colleen Barry

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
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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

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

Oct 12
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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

Oct 11
Nicole Winfield,
Colleen Barry

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

Former Bishop of Broome Christopher Alan Saunders arrives at the West Australian District Court in Perth, Australia, on Aug. 11, 2026. (Credit: Aaron Bunch/AAP Image via AP.)

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

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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

Oct 14
Nicole Winfield,
Colleen Barry

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

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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
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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

Oct 13
Nicole Winfield,
Colleen Barry

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

Oct 11
Nicole Winfield,
Colleen Barry

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
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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
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