Pope Leo discharged from hospital 4 days after lung cancer surgery
The 71-year-old pope had a portion of his right lung removed and received a diagnosis of lung cancer earlier this week.
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The 71-year-old pope had a portion of his right lung removed and received a diagnosis of lung cancer earlier this week.
Pope Leo XIV has criticized the legalization of medically assisted death as "false compassion" during his visit to Lourdes, France.
Pope Leo XIV denounced the "scourge" of sexual violence by Catholic clergy and called for a "culture of care" in the Church ahead of an expected private meeting with victims in Spain.
President Trump has lobbed insults at Pope Leo XIV in response to his criticisms of the war in Iran, marking an unusually pronounced rupture between the leaders of the world's most powerful country and the world's largest Christian denomination.
The Vatican has returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada.
Pope Leo XIV has for the first time waded into an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church.
Vice President JD Vance gifted Pope Leo XIV a Chicago Bears jersey as they met at the Vatican, amid a push by the White House for a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire.
Pope Leo XIV identified artificial intelligence as one of the most critical matters facing humanity during his first formal audience.
The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here's what to know about him.
Robert Francis Prevost, who was born in Chicago and attended Villanova University, was elected as the new pope on Thursday and chose Leo XIV as his papal name.
On the second day of the conclave at the Vatican, the cardinal electors chose Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new pope, Leo XIV.
The funeral service for Pope Francis took place Saturday morning at the Vatican. Watch the full ceremony.
Pope Francis made it his mission to change the perception of the Catholic Church around the world.
More than 9,000 Catholic employers don't need to abide by federal regulations protecting workers who seek abortions and fertility treatments under a ruling by a federal judge in North Dakota.
Pope Francis, hospitalized for more than two weeks with pneumonia in both lungs, suffered two acute respiratory failures, requiring intervention, the Vatican says.
Pope Francis experienced a "sudden worsening of the respiratory picture" Friday, the Vatican said.
Asked to advise Catholic U.S. voters on the choice between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, Pope Francis had harsh words, but no firm guidance.
Father Stephen Gutgsell, a priest at St. John the Baptist Church in Fort Calhoun, died after being assaulted at the church's rectory.
It is rare for the pope to remove a bishop from office. The Vatican said it asked Strickland to resign Thursday, but he declined, prompting Francis to remove him from office two days later.
McCarrick was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019 after evidence suggested he abused multiple people, including children, for decades.
