By announcing his lung condition himself, Leo has been more forthcoming than many popes. But mysteries remain, prompting ...

Pope Leo XIV has brought an American style of governing to the Vatican, including in the way it handles health crises ...

During this Franciscan Jubilee Year, let’s learn more about Saint Francis of Assisi. Here are 12 fascinating facts about his amazing life. Jacqueline Burkepile / Editors – January 15, 2026 — 3 minutes ...

A Daily Beast report referenced by MSN frames Trump’s remarks about Pope Francis’s cancer as self-focused. NPR and other ...

Doctors at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa discussed the importance of early detection following Pope Leo's lung cancer ...

Thoracic surgeon Diego González Rivas, based in A Coruña, Spain, developed the Uniportal VATS technique, a minimally invasive ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — When Pope Leo XIV was elected after the pained finale of Pope Francis’ pontificate, there was hope that a ...

A couple hundred Church leaders joined experts and married couples this week in Rome to honor the 10th anniversary of an ...

Thousands of people congregated in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday for a Mass that Pope Leo should have been ...

Pope Leo XIV was diagnosed with a common form of lung cancer on Tuesday, about a year and half into his papacy. He still ...

Pope Francis speaks with journalists aboard an airplane from Bratislava, Slovakia, to Rome on Sept. 15. (photo: TIZIANA FABI ...

A late go-ahead goal decided the showdown between Ludlow and Pope Francis, two of Western Mass.' best boys soccer squads.