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Pope Leo needs no further treatment for lung cancer after follow-up tests confirmed the disease was localised, the Vatican said in a statement on Wednesday. Leo, 71, had the lower lobe of his right lung removed last week in the first major health event of his 17-month pontificate. The surgery confirmed he had adenocarcinoma, the most common type of lung cancer. He left the hospital on Saturday, four days after surgery and well ahead of the week-long hospital stay the Vatican had initially...

NPR All Things Considered co-host and American Pope coauthor Scott Detrow tells Bloomberg This Weekend that Pope Leo XIV’s cancer was detected early and that his recovery appears to be progressing as he prepares to resume his duties and travel to South America. Speaking with hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini, Detrow discusses how Leo’s years in Peru shaped his leadership, his openness to greater roles for women in the church and his efforts to address global conflicts and the ethical challenges posed by AI. (Source: Bloomberg)

Pope Leo XIV was discharged from Gemelli hospital in Rome after lung cancer surgery, and doctors call his recovery favourable. The post Pope Leo Leaves Hospital After Lung Surgery appeared first on The Rio Times.

Doctors say they are seeing 'continued improvement' after the US-born pope had a lump removed from his lung on Tuesday.

Pope Leo spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone on Friday, calling for a ceasefire in a Russian-occupied city in southern Ukraine, as he recovers in hospital from a lung cancer operation. The Vatican said that Pope Leo “expressed his deep concern about the grave humanitarian situation in the city of Oleshky, in the Kherson region, and called for a ceasefire to allow the delivery of food and medical assistance, and the voluntary and safe evacuation of the civilian population”. The...

Catholic leader met top Vatican aide, as doctors say recovery proceeding after lung surgery to remove cancerous growth.

World leaders, Catholics across the globe and senior cardinals at the Vatican offered prayers for Pope Leo on Wednesday after doctors announced the 71-year-old pontiff had been diagnosed with lung cancer and had part of one lung removed. The cancer diagnosis ​for a pope known ‌to be relatively young and energetic and who was elected only in May 2025 caused shock.

Peru's government says the Pope Leo visit from 11 to 16 November still stands, hours after the first US-born pope announced lung surgery in Rome. The post Peru Says Pope Leo Visit Still On for 11 November appeared first on The Rio Times.

Pope Leo said ⁠on Sunday that doctors had detected a small growth on his lung during a recent health check and he would be undergoing surgery this ‌week to remove it, in the first health scare of the 71-year-old pontiff’s tenure. Leo told pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square for his weekly Sunday prayer that the growth was “well-contained” and caught at an early stage. “Recently, during ⁠some medical examinations, doctors found a localised nodule in my ‌lung,” said the pontiff. “It was detected at a...

The 71-year-old pontiff said the nodule was identified "at a very early stage".

Leader of the Catholic Church says AI safety issues should be taken seriously and acted on.

After three days marked by popular enthusiasm and crowds of worshippers in Paris and Lourdes, Pope Leo XIV will end his four-day visit to France on Monday in the northeastern city of Metz with a Mass and a speech about the future of European integration. 

After leaving Paris, Pope Leo XIV ended his second day in France in Lourdes, where he prayed at the Grotto of Massabielle, one of the Catholic Church’s major pilgrimage sites. He is the third pope to visit Lourdes, following Benedict XVI and John Paul II. On Sunday, the pontiff is due to celebrate another open-air mass before meeting privately with seven survivors of clerical sexual abuse. A French inquiry found that members of the Church had abused around 330,000 people as minors over seven decades. Catherine Viette reports.

First papal state visit to country in 18 years comes as church confronts contentious issues.

The Vatican’s recent excommunication of followers of a Catholic splinter sect, the Society of Saint Pius X, has revived a longstanding feud within the Roman Catholic Church ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s state visit to France. The ultra-conservative group has established an extensive network of schools and has attracted thousands of followers in France.