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Pope Leo XIV post-op results show no further treatment required as tumour was localised

The pontiff needs no further treatment, his doctors said, eight days after an hour-and-a-half operation on his right lung. Final histological tests and molecular biology analyses carried out on tissue…

Vatican · 13 Oct 2026 Pope Leo to be hospitalised on Tuesday ahead of lung surgery Pope Leo will ​go into hospital on Tuesday for surgery to remove a small growth found on one of his lungs, the… Vatican · 24 Aug 2026 Vatican plans solar and agriculture plant to cover its electricity needs The Vatican will ​build a roughly €100 million ($117 million) renewable energy plant that could power the Holy See within two ‌years… Vatican · 5 Aug 2026 Pope Leo to visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru in November Pope Leo will visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru from November 6 to ​17, the Vatican announced on Wednesday, ‌in a major trip… Vatican · 2 Jul 2026 Members of rebel Catholic group in schism, excommunicated The Vatican said on Thursday that ​priests and lay Catholics who are part of a breakaway right-wing Catholic group that ordained bishops… Vatican · 3 Jun 2026 Pope Leo names EWTN executive as first woman to lead Vatican communications Pope Leo named an executive with U.S. Catholic media conglomerate EWTN ​as the new head of the ‌Vatican's communications department on Tuesday,… Vatican · 25 May 2026 Pope Leo XIV warns of ‘new forms of slavery’ linked to Artificial Intelligence In his encyclical Magnifica Humanitas , Pope Leo XIV cautioned against what he described as a global competition for increasingly powerful algorithms… Vatican · 23 Apr 2026 Pope Leo heading back to Rome after outspoken Africa tour Pope Leo returns to Rome on Thursday after wrapping up ‌an ambitious four-nation Africa tour in which he forcefully decried the direction… Vatican · 19 Apr 2026 A new, forceful Pope Leo steps onto the world stage Pope Leo has debuted a new, forceful speaking style on his four-nation Africa tour this week, issuing sharp denunciations of war and… Vatican · 14 Apr 2026 Mediterranean Sea at centre of Pope’s warning against ‘sea of despair’ Pope Leo XIV has placed the Mediterranean at the heart of a powerful appeal, describing it and the Sahara Desert as crucial…