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  Pope Leo is eating and recovering after cancer surgery, his doctors say

  Pope Leo XIV was eating regularly Wednesday and began walking and doing respiratory exercises, and his post-operative tests are normal following surgery to remove a cancerous mass from his lung, the Vatican said.

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  Pope Leo XIV diagnosed with lung cancer after surgery to remove part of right lung

  Pope Leo XIV underwent surgery Tuesday that confirmed that he has lung cancer, and doctors removed the lower lobe of his right lung, the Vatican said.

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  Chicago police say DNA ties a former detective to decades-old unsolved killing of 8-year-old girl on her way to Mass

  Chicago police say DNA evidence ties one of their former homicide detectives to the decades-old murder of an 8-year-old girl who was abducted as she was walking to her Catholic church more than 65 years ago.

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  Vatican says pope’s lung nodule surgery was successfully completed

  Pope Leo XIV underwent surgery Tuesday to remove a lung nodule and the Vatican said the operation was completed “successfully, on schedule and as planned.”

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  Who’s in charge when the pope is unconscious and unable to govern? The pope

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

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  Pope Leo XIV arrives at Rome’s Gemelli hospital ahead of surgery to remove lung nodule

  Pope Leo XIV was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Tuesday ahead of surgery later in the day to remove a lung nodule, an operation that experts say will determine whether the lesion is malignant and if other treatment is needed.

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  Pope Leo XIV is set to enter a Rome hospital for removal of a lung nodule

  Pope Leo XIV was expected to be admitted to a Rome hospital Tuesday for the removal of a lung nodule in an operation experts say will determine whether the lesion is malignant and if other treatment is needed.

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  Artificial Intelligence (AI) is watching us, and ‘knows’ Pope Leo has noticed

  Spending two weeks with Claude can teach a person a lot about the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and its dangers. Pope Leo XIV is right to shine a light on the issue.

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  Archbishop of the U.S. military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad

  Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who oversees the Catholic Church’s pastoral services to Catholics in the U.S. military, is condemning the proposed livestream of the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan.

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  Panama suffers powerful quake aftershocks rattle communities, destroys historic Catholic church

  The government of Panama declared a state of emergency Saturday as the aftershocks of two powerful earthquakes that roiled the country shook communities for hours.

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  What to know about Pope Leo’s planned lung nodule surgery

  Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to have an operation this week to remove “a localized nodule” in his lung that was “detected at a very early stage.” It is the first medical event of his 17-month papacy.

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