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Pope returns to Vatican for Angelus following cancer surgery
By COURTNEY MARES, OSV News
Published October 18, 2026One week after Pope Leo XIV revealed to the world that he would be undergoing lung surgery, the pope returned to the window of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace Oct. 18, thanking Catholics worldwide for their prayers.
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Pope Leo XIV’s surgery reveals lung cancer
By COURTNEY MARES, OSV News
Published October 14, 2026Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung cancer following a 90-minute surgery on Oct. 13 during which surgeons removed the lower lobe of the pope’s right lung.
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Pope Leo XIV to undergo surgery to remove lung nodule
By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES, OSV News
Published October 11, 2026Pope Leo XIV announced that he will undergo surgery after doctors discovered a nodule, or lump, in his lungs. He made the announcement while speaking to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square Oct. 11, during his Sunday Angelus address.
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Faithful cannot accept oppression, injustice, pope says
By JOSEPHINE PETERSON, Catholic News Service
Published October 7, 2026By worshipping Christ, “the Righteous One who died for the unrighteous,” the faithful are called to work for justice, peace and fraternity, the pope said Oct. 7 in St. Peter’s Square.
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Pope Leo gives encouragement to Special Olympics athletes
By DEBORAH CASTELLANO LUBOV
Published September 22, 2026Addressing a delegation from the Special Olympics, Pope Leo XIV recalled his own fondness of sports and invited them to live holy lives following the example of St. Pier Giorgio Frassati, “who, in love with Jesus, knew how to translate values of sport into a holy life.”
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Pope Leo warns technology cannot replace the value of human relationships
By JOSEPHINE PETERSON, Catholic News Service
Published September 16, 2026In a world of increasing technological dependence and polarization, Pope Leo XIV said there is greater urgency for humanity to see itself as a single “human community.”
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Catholics cannot be ‘unengaged spectators’ amid current events, pope says
By JOSEPHINE PETERSON, Catholic News Service
Published September 2, 2026At his Sept. 2 general audience, Pope Leo began a new series of reflections on the Second Vatican Council’s pastoral constitution “Gaudium et Spes,” which examines the relationship between the Church and the modern world.
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Pope Leo XIV offers prayers, condolences as bishops urge solidarity following Colombia earthquake
By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES, OSV News
Published August 11, 2026Pope Leo XIV said he was deeply saddened by the loss of life and destruction following a powerful earthquake that struck Colombia, leaving more than 100 dead and dozens of collapsed buildings.
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Pope Leo XIV calls for solidarity, prayers after deadly Venezuela quakes
By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES, OSV News
Published June 29, 2026Pope Leo XIV offered prayers for the victims of devastating twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela as the death toll continues to climb and rescuers race to save people trapped under collapsed buildings.
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Eucharist transforms believers into Christ’s body and counters division, pope says
By JOSEPHINE PETERSON, Catholic News Service
Published June 24, 2026Participation in the Eucharist transforms believers into the Body of Christ and offers a remedy to the divisions affecting families and communities, Pope Leo XIV said during his weekly general audience,
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Pope urges humanity to build civilization of love in digital world
By CAROL GLATZ, Catholic News Service
Published May 25, 2026Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” the day after Pentecost. In the 82-page document, the pope looked at the consequences of the digital revolution in the 21st-century and safeguarding “the human person in the time of artificial intelligence.”
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Pope Leo XIV to publish encyclical on artificial intelligence May 25
By COURTNEY MARES, OSV News
Published May 18, 2026Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” will be published May 25, addressing artificial intelligence and the protection of human dignity, the Vatican has announced.
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‘Peace be with you all’: Pope Leo’s first words were a roadmap for his first year
By COURTNEY MARES, OSV News
Published May 8, 2026When Robert Francis Prevost stepped onto the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica one year ago, he carried with him a piece of paper on which he had written the first words he would utter as pope . His first speech was a preview of what was to come.
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Pope Leo XIV meets with Catholic Charities USA leadership, urges mission of compassion
By COURTNEY MARES, OSV News
Published May 5, 2026Pope Leo XIV met the leadership of Catholic Charities USA in an audience May 4, offering encouragement to one of the country’s largest disaster relief networks as it navigates growing demand for food and basic services to aid the poor.
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Pope Leo praises ceasefire as ‘genuine hope,’ presses for dialogue, peace
By JOSEPHINE PETERSON, Catholic News Service
Published April 9, 2026Pope Leo XIV welcomed the newly announced ceasefire in the Middle East as “a sign of genuine hope” after what he described as “hours of extreme tension,” while urging a return to negotiations and calling the faithful to prayer.
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At Easter Mass, Pope Leo proclaims Resurrection conquers ‘the power of death’
By COURTNEY MARES, OSV News
Published April 5, 2026Pope Leo XIV offered Easter Mass in St. Peter’s Square Sunday proclaiming that with Christ’s resurrection “death has been conquered forever” and “no longer has power over us.”
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Good Friday liturgy underscores need to break ‘this chain’ of violence
By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Published April 3, 2026A message of nonviolence and quiet endurance marked the Good Friday liturgy at the Vatican, during which the Passion of Christ offers an example of breaking the cycle of violence that continues today.
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On first Palm Sunday, Pope Leo says Jesus cries out from the cross against war
By COURTNEY MARES, OSV News
Published March 29, 2026In his first Palm Sunday homily, Pope Leo XIV proclaimed that Jesus, the King of Peace, embraces all suffering in human history and cries out from the cross against war.
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Via Crucis: The final Holy Week journey of Pope Francis
By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES, OSV News
Published March 26, 2026During Holy Week 2025, Pope Francis was called to share in the mystery of Christ’s passion. No one knows whether he had some premonition that it would be his final week, but one thing was certain: He prepared himself for it.
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Pope Leo XIV calls for Middle East ceasefire
By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES, OSV News
Published March 15, 2026Pope Leo XIV called for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East and condemned the “atrocious violence” of the U.S.-Israeli-led war on Iran, which has spread across the region.
