Pope Leo, Lung Cancer
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New photographs show Pope Leo XIV for the first time since he underwent surgery to remove part of his right lung.
Louis Prevost said that although it was “panic city” when the family first found out that Leo might have cancer, “after the day of surgery, when they reported that they got it all, it was clean and pretty straightforward.
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Archbishop of New Orleans is praying for Pope Leo XIV’s speedy recovery after doctors in Rome diagnosed him with lung cancer Tuesday. Archbishop James Checchio said learning the pope had cancer stunned him.
At the Sunday Angelus, Pope Leo XIV reflects on the Gospel account of the resurrection of Lazarus, and how it invites us to the fullness of life and
Pope Leo XIV was a lot of firsts for the Catholic Church. Among other things, he was the first Augustinian and the first Peruvian citizen to become pope, as well as the first pope born after World War II.
