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Pope Leo tells faithful he will gradually resume duties after cancer surgery

A woman holds a picture of the Pope

Pope to be released from hospital after lung cancer surgery

Pope Leo XIV, flanked by his personal secretary, Monsignor Edgard Iván Rimaycuna Inga, celebrating Mass

Pope speaks to Putin and denounces attacks as he recovers from lung surgery

Pope Leo waves as he arrives at hospital

Doctors say Pope’s lung has recovered well from surgery and post-op tests normal

An image of Pope Leo and a candle against the base of a statue

Pope Leo spent ‘tranquil night’ in hospital after cancer surgery, Vatican says

King Charles III fourth year as monarch

King sends well-wishes to Pope after cancer diagnosis

A nun holds a picture of Pope Leo XIV as she prays

Prayers urged for Pope Leo after lung cancer diagnosis

The Pope waves from a car

Pope Leo XIV diagnosed with lung cancer after ‘successful’ surgery, Vatican says

Pope Leo XIV arrives at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome

Pope has lung cancer and had lower lobe of right lung removed, Vatican says

The Pope in the Vatican

Pope’s lung nodule surgery completed successfully, Vatican says

The Pope waving while speaking from his balcony in the Vatican

Pope to undergo surgery within days to remove nodule on lung

Pope Leo waving from a balcony

Pope to undergo surgery to remove nodule on lung

France Pope

Pope condemns assisted dying as ‘false compassion’ during Lourdes visit

The Pope waves to crowds in Paris

Hundreds of thousands turn out for Pope ahead of Mass in Paris

Leo XIV

Pope encourages Catholics to persevere as central Paris shuts down for Mass

Pope Leo, centre, was welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and his wife Brigitte as he arrived at the Elysee Palace in Paris

Pope warns ‘paradise of machines’ could undermine humanity as he visits France

Pope Leo XIV

Pope celebrates 71st birthday and repeals salary cuts for Vatican employees
Leo XIV’s predecessor Pope Francis had reduced salaries as part of Covid-19 costcutting measures.
Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

Johnny Murtagh enjoyed a treble at last year's Irish Champions Weekend

Murtagh would love to repeat last year’s Irish Champions Festival hat-trick

King takes the controls of a tram-train officially named Myddfai at the official opening of the South Wales Metro Depot in Taff’s Well, during a visit to South Wales to celebrate the King’s 77th birthday on November 14 2025

From Trump to the Tardis: Charles sets brisk pace in fourth year as King

A crowd waiting for the Pope in San Marino

Pope praises tiny country as model of freedom and civic responsibility

The Pope in his vestments during mass

Pope marks July 4 by praying in Lampedusa for migrants who died seeking freedom

Pope Leo walking in front of crowds of worshippers

Pope hails relevance today of American saint who cared for migrants

Pope Leo XIV blesses a migrant

Pope criticises world’s indifference to migrants while visiting ‘dock of shame’

Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives at Gran Canaria Gando airbase

Pope visiting ‘dock of shame’ in Canary Islands where migrants slept in squalor

Spain Pope

Pope hails Barcelona basilica as masterpiece of ‘stones, colours and light’

The Pope waves

Pope discusses depression and domestic violence at Spain youth rally

Pope Leo in a procession involving a large crowd

1m flood Madrid’s streets to watch Pope’s procession along flower-carpeted route

Pope Leo with an infant being held up

1m gather in Madrid for Pope’s Mass and procession along flower-carpeted route
They cheered and shouted ‘This is the youth of the Pope’ as Leo arrived in the plaza on Sunday morning.
Nicole Winfield and Suman Naishadham, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV arrives at Madrid’s Adolfo Suarez International Airport

Pope acknowledges stiff competition with Bad Bunny this weekend in Spain

JD Vance with air force cadets saluting

Life and death decisions must be made by humans not machines, says Vance

Pope Leo XIV blesses faithful in Calipari Square in Acerra, near Naples

Pope meets families of youth lost to toxic waste dumping in ‘Land of Fires’

Taoiseach Micheal Martin speaks into a microphone after a visit to Vatican City

Irish premier asks Pope for ‘every effort’ on redress for historical abuse

Prefect of the Papal Household Petar Rajic welcomes Taoiseach Micheal Martin and his wife Mary to the Vatican

Irish premier arrives at Vatican for meeting with the Pope

A view of Northwood Park

DfI should have looked at practical means to stop culvert access, inquest told

The Pope and Marco Rubio shake hands at the Vatican

Pope and Rubio commit to foster good relations after Trump spat over Iran war

The Pope exchanges gifts with Marco Rubio in the Pope’s private library at the Vatican

Rubio’s Vatican talks discussed efforts to reach ‘durable peace’ in Middle East

President Donald Trump smiles as he listens to Small Business Administration administrator Kelly Loeffler speak during an event with small business owners, Monday, May 4, 2026, in the East Room at the White House in Washington

Trump reignites war of words with Pope as Rubio bids to repair relations

Archbishop of Canterbury Dame Sarah Mullally met the Pope at the Vatican

Pope meeting significant ‘regardless of me being a woman’, says archbishop

Pope and Archbishop

Archbishop of Canterbury tells Pope he will get warm welcome if he visits UK

Equatorial Guinea Africa Pope

Pope tells inmates ‘you are not alone’ in prison visit wrapping up Africa tour

Pope Leo leads a meeting for peace in Bamenda, Cameroon

Pope attacks ‘handful of tyrants’ ravaging Earth during his visit to Cameroon

Pope Leo XIV descending the steps of a plane

Pope arrives in Cameroon as separatists announce three-day pause in fighting

Pope Leo prays as he visits the archaeological site of Hippo, in Annaba, Algeria

Pope walks in footsteps of his spiritual father St Augustine during Algeria trip

John Swinney

Trump’s remarks about the Pope ‘utterly deplorable’, Swinney says

US President Donald Trump has shared an image of himself depicted as Jesus Christ to social media

Comment: Trump's broadside at Pope makes him hard to take seriously

Pope Leo on the papal plane

Pope Leo says he will continue to speak out against war after Trump criticism

2,000 to gather for historic service for first female Archbishop of Canterbury

Ollie Pope: Perception England ‘weren’t fussed’ about Ashes was tough

Pope meets Venezuelan opposition leader Machado in surprise audience

Pope warns that ‘zeal for war is spreading’ in major foreign policy address

Jacob Bethell’s sparkling century offers silver lining for England in Sydney

Pope begins 2026 with plea for peace in countries ‘bloodied by conflict’

Pope asks that Rome welcomes foreigners as he closes out 2025

Pope Leo XIV remembers Gaza’s suffering in first Christmas homily

Ben Stokes pledges support for under-fire England opener Ben Duckett

New Catholic leader says Church must be ‘authentic’ on societal issues

Bishop Richard Moth named new leader of Catholics in England and Wales

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