Pope Leo XIV arrived in Buenos Aires Nov. 8 urging Argentina’s civil leaders to safeguard democracy, protect the unborn, and engage in respectful dialogue across political divides after meeting with President Javier Milei at the Casa Rosada presidential palace.
Ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, a bipartisan group of more than 90 U.S. lawmakers urged House Speaker Mike Johnson to invite Pope Leo XIV to address Congress, saying the U.S.-born pope’s “unique perspective” and “ties to our country” would be “a unifying force” for officials.
Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV requested a mail ballot for the upcoming Illinois midterm elections, according to a county official.
Doctors have confirmed Pope Leo XIV needs “no further treatment” following his Oct. 13 surgery for lung cancer.
One week after Pope Leo XIV first revealed to the world that he would be undergoing lung surgery, the pope returned to the window of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace Oct. 18, thanking Catholics worldwide for their prayers five days after undergoing lung cancer surgery.
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.
Pope Leo XIV’s surgery to remove a lung nodule on Oct. 13 was completed successfully, the Vatican announced that night.
Pursuing a higher education that values human intelligence can help counter the many “false teachers” exploiting people’s deep yearning for truth, faith and meaning, Pope Leo XIV said.
The aim of World Mission Sunday (Oct. 18), established 100 years ago by Pope Pius XI, has “borne fruit in my own life,” said Pope Leo XIV.
In the Marian shrine of Lourdes, Pope Leo XIV prayed for the sick and the suffering and drank from healing spring water in the grotto where the Virgin Mary appeared to St. Bernadette in 1858.
