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• AAngelus News2026-10-15✓ Read

  Pope Leo XIV appoints two new bishops while lung is in ‘good recovery’

  In a medical update on Thursday, the Vatican confirmed that the right lung of Pope Leo XIV, who underwent surgery for lung cancer on Oct. 13, is recovering favorably.

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• AAngelus News2026-10-14✓ Read

  Cardinal Tagle delivers pope’s homily at family meeting closing Mass

  Due to the personal request of Pope Leo prior to his surgery, the meeting's final synthesis report will no longer be made public on Oct. 14. The post Cardinal Tagle delivers Pope Leo’s prepared homily at family meeting closing Mass first appeared on Angelus News.

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• AAngelus News2026-10-14✓ Read

  Archdiocese announces prayer campaign for Pope Leo after cancer diagnosis

  Catholics from across the Archdiocese of Los Angeles are being asked to pray for Pope Leo XIV, offering a spiritual bouquet following the pontiff’s cancer diagnosis.

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• AAngelus News2026-10-13✓ Read

  Pope Leo has lung cancer and portion of right lung removed in surgery, Vatican says

  ROME (OSV News) — Pope 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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• AAngelus News2026-10-13✓ Read

  Explainer: The minimally invasive lung surgery Pope Leo is undergoing

  As Pope Leo XIV undergoes surgery for a lung nodule, medical experts offer varying views on treatment and post-operative downtime. The post What Pope Leo’s lung nodule surgery involves, according to medical experts first appeared on Angelus News.

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• AAngelus News2026-10-13✓ Read

  Saint of the day: Edward the Confessor

  St. Edward was born in 1003, the son of the Duke of Normandy and the nephew of King Edmund Ironside of England. From the age of 10, he lived in exile in Normandy, after the Danes gained control of England. This early experience of loss and his religious piety caused him to renounce worldly ambitions, and devote himself to God.

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• AAngelus News2026-10-12✓ Read

  Pope Leo to be admitted Oct. 13 for upcoming lung surgery

  In a statement to journalists Oct. 12, the Vatican press office said that Pope Leo will enter Rome's Gemelli Hospital late tomorrow morning. The post Pope to be admitted Oct. 13 for upcoming lung surgery, public appearances canceled first appeared on Angelus News.

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• AAngelus News2026-10-12✓ Read

  Carlo Acutis and the 4 popes

  Carlo went on pilgrimage to see JPII, offered up his suffering for Benedict, was beatified during the pontificate of Francis, and was canonized by Pope Leo. The post Carlo Acutis and the 4 popes first appeared on Angelus News.

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