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Pope Leo is presented with flowers as he leaves at the end of the general audience in St Peter’s Square at The Vatican on Wednesday. Photo: AP
Cancer

Pope Leo doesn’t need further treatment for lung cancer, doctors say

Follow-up tests show the pontiff’s disease has not spread after he had surgery to remove part of his lung.

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European Union

Pope Leo pledges return to duties following lung cancer surgery

Religion

Pope Leo leaves hospital 4 days after lung cancer surgery

Ukraine war

From hospital, Pope Leo pushes Putin for ceasefire in contested Ukraine city

The call suggests the pontiff, who is recovering from a lung cancer operation, is still hard at work.

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Pope Leo celebrates mass at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome on Friday. Photo: Vatican Media via AP
Religion

Video | Prayers and well-wishes for Pope Leo after lung surgery

Vatican says the 71-year-old pontiff spent a peaceful night after a 90-minute operation to remove part of his lung was completed without complications.

Holy See

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

Vatican says 71-year-old pontiff spent a peaceful night after 90-minute operation was completed without complications.

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United States

Catholic US soldiers should not join firing squad, archbishop says

Armed forces ⁠archbishop objects to planned live-stream of Fort Hood shooter’s execution, slams ‘barbarically killing’ adversaries.

Nidal Hasan, 56, was sentenced to be executed by firing squad on December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas, where he shot and killed 13 people in 2009. Photo: Bell County Sheriff’s Department via AP
Religion

Pope Leo to undergo surgery for small growth on lung

The growth was ‘well-contained’ and detected at an early stage.

Artificial intelligence

Pope says AI doom concerns not ‘fake news’ in apparent rebuke of Trump

Pontiff insists AI safety issues should be discussed and acted on following apocalyptic warnings from industry professionals.

France

Pope celebrates giant Paris mass in landmark visit

The first US pontiff was visiting France seven months before French voters went to the polls.

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Crowds on the Avenue des Champs-Elysees wait for Pope Leo to pass by on his way to celebrate mass in Place de la Concorde, Paris on Saturday. Photo: EPA
France

In Paris, Pope warns against losing humanity in ‘paradise of machines’

Pope Leo is in France on a four-day trip, the first official papal trip in 18 years to France.

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte accompany Pope Leo after their meeting in the Elysee Palace in Paris on Friday. Photo: via AP
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong church-goers urged to avoid masses by breakaway Catholic group SSPX

Call comes about a month after Vatican excommunicated followers of Society of Saint Pius X for consecrating four new bishops against Pope Leo XIV’s instructions.

Mainland China

Vatican, Beijing agree on new China bishop as ordination fills 20-year vacancy

Appointment of Roman Catholic prelate in Inner Mongolia highlights uneasy yet continuing diplomatic engagement on sensitive issue.

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Italy

Pope visits Africa-Europe crossing as anti-migrant policies rise in US, EU

The Catholic Church’s first US pope has clashed with the administration of President Donald Trump over its treatment of migrants.

Pope Leo XIV (centre) meets with a migrant family by the arch of the monument Door of Europe, during a visit to Lampedusa island, Italy, on Saturday. Photo: AFP
Religion

Vatican excommunicates 6 bishops from rebel Catholic group

Holy See responds aggressively to a traditionalist society that consecrated bishops without the pope’s consent.

Newly consecrated bishops pray at the end of their consecration ceremony in Switzerland on Wednesday. Photo: AP
Americas and the Caribbean

US, Mexico Catholic bishops call for humane treatment of migrants

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in a statement opposed ‘the vilification of immigrants’ in the US under President Donald Trump.

Italy

Pope exalts first US saint as a model for Christians for her care of migrants

Mother Frances Cabrini, patron saint of migrants, is known for caring for Italian immigrants in the US at the turn of the last century.

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Italy

Italian minister cancels US trip after Trump mocks Meloni

Trump said the Italian prime minister ‘wanted a picture with me so badly’ at the G7 summit and he agreed because he ‘felt sorry for her’.

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US President Donald Trump (left) speaks to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on the sidelines of the G7 summit on Wednesday. Photo: Italian Prime Ministry/Reuters
Spain

Pope Leo’s plane grounded, so Spain’s king gives him a ride

The pontiff flew back to Rome on the monarch’s private jet after the papal aircraft’s engine failed to start.

Spain

Pope Leo blesses new tower at Spain’s Sagrada Familia

Spain’s king, queen and prime minister joined thousands inside the world’s tallest church to celebrate mass with the pontiff.

Spain

Standing ovation: Pope warns Spain’s parliament of world’s ‘profound’ crisis

Weapons can impose a temporary silence but can never build lasting peace, he said, hours after Madrid mass for over one million people.

Pope Leo reacts at the end of his speech in Spain’s parliament on Monday, applauded by politicians. Photo: EPA
European Union

Pope Leo urges end to ‘polarising narratives’ on Spain visit

The pope says he hopes the week-long tour of Spain will set an example to the world about respecting ‘every human being’.

Pope Leo waves to faithful from the popemobile after a welcoming event at the Royal Palace in Madrid, Spain, on Saturday. Photo: EPA
European Union

Pope calls for ‘disarming’ of AI, technology should be ‘human friendly’

Pope Leo called for the ‘disarming’ of artificial intelligence, and warned of ‘new forms of slavery’ behind its rise.

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European Union

‘The blind few’: Pope urges end to pollution, decries profits earned

The world should ‘reject temptations of power and enrichment linked to practices that pollute the land, water, air, and social coexistence’.

United States

‘Human dignity’: Pope Leo, Anthropic to launch pontiff’s first AI document

The presence of the firm at the Vatican could mean a new flashpoint with the US, which in February ordered all agencies to stop using it.

Pope Leo greets a child in Pompei, Italy, on May 8 as he meets people from socially disadvantaged backgrounds, including the sick and the disabled. Photo: Reuters
Italy

Rubio meets Pope Leo at Vatican to defuse tensions with Trump

The meeting comes amid the US president’s repeated attacks on the pontiff over the Iran war and nuclear weapons.

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Pope Leo (centre) meets US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Vatican on Thursday. Photo: EPA/Vatican Media
Religion

Pope to inaugurate Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia in June trip to Spain

He will also visit a migrant reception centre in the Canary Islands.

United States

Is Rubio’s star rising in Trump world? Duel with Vance for 2028 heats up

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s relaxed White House podium debut fuels buzz about his future.

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