Who runs the Catholic Church when the pope is unconscious, incapacitated or otherwise unable to govern? Answer: The pope. The ...

Pope Leo was diagnosed with cancer after undergoing surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung. He's a little over a ...

Pope Leo XIV began post-surgery recovery Wednesday after a tumour removed from his lung was found to be cancerous, plunging ...

As Pope Leo remains hospitalized following his surgery, his audiences have been canceled through Oct. 20, but he remains in ...

Thousands of people congregated in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday for a Mass that Pope Leo should have been ...

Pope Leo XIV is recovering after surgery for lung cancer, but his illness highlights a gap in Catholic Church law: There is ...

Pope Leo XIV was set to be discharged from a Rome hospital on Saturday, the Vatican announced, four days after surgery to ...

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For a pope who appeared to have time on his side, cancer has raised questions about his longevity and brought a new urgency ...

And the revelation raises questions about what Leo knew and when, given his poignant prayers in late September at a French shrine famous for its alleged miraculous cures. But Vatican watchers say the ...