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Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo XIV will be admitted to hospital for lung nodule surgery, Vatican says

By Nicole Winfield

October 12, 2026 at 7:17 a.m.

The Vatican said Pope Leo XIV will be admitted to the hospital on Tuesday in...

Lorena Lopez, left, and Jacqueline Ramirez-Lopez participate in Mass at Old St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in the Loop on Oct. 3, 2026. After Mass, Cardinal Blase Cupich blessed a delegation, including Ramirez-Lopez, that is traveling to Rome to meet with Pope Leo. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Chicago clergy set to visit Pope Leo to advocate for immigrant detainees: ‘This is a mission from Christ’

By Laura Rodríguez Presa

October 12, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership are scheduled to make a pilgrimage to Rome...

Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo XIV will undergo surgery to remove a nodule on his lung

By Nicole Winfield

October 11, 2026 at 7:15 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV announced Sunday he will undergo surgery in the coming days to remove...

In this photo released by the Diocese of Chulucanas, Bishop Robert Prevost leads an anniversary celebration of the Diocese in Chulucanas, Peru, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. (Diocese of Chulucanas via AP)

Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, overcame a taboo against a US pontiff

By Franklin Briceno

May 9, 2025 at 2:13 p.m.

Pope Francis brought Robert Prevost to the Vatican in 2023 as the powerful head of...

Spanish nuns gather near the Vatican, in Rome, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, on the day cardinals sequester themselves at the Vatican for the start of a conclave to elect the 267th Roman pontiff, a successor to Pope Francis. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

What to know on the second day of the conclave to elect the next pope

By Vanessa Gera

May 8, 2025 at 8:35 a.m.

Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek...

The Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather to elect the new pope, is seen Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP)

Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating conclave hasn’t elected pope in first vote

By Nicole Winfield

May 7, 2025 at 3:55 p.m.

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals...

Cardinals adjust their mitre hats during a final Mass celebrated by cardinals inside St. Peter's Basilica before the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Conclave begins in the Vatican: What to know about the election for the next pope

By Vanessa Gera

May 7, 2025 at 9:54 a.m.

133 cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a...

FILE – Cardinals leave at the end of a Mass on the eighth of nine days of mourning for Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Cardinals wrap up pre-conclave meetings still uncertain about who should follow Pope Francis

By Nicole Winfield

May 6, 2025 at 8:19 a.m.

Cardinals wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings Tuesday, trying to identify a possible new pope who...

In this image taken on Monday, April 28, 2025, and made available Saturday, May 3, 2025, by Vatican Media, workers prepare the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, where the upcoming conclave will start May 7, backdropped by Michelangelo Buonarroti’s fresco ‘The Last Judgement’. (Vatican Media via AP)

Ahead of the conclave, Vatican staff must vow secrecy under threat of excommunication

By Vanessa Gera

May 5, 2025 at 9:11 a.m.

All the support staff for the cardinals who will elect the successor to Pope Francis...

Guatemalan Cardinal Alvaro Ramazzini sits during an interview with the Associated Press at the headquarters of the Scalabrinian congregation, in Rome, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Guatemala’s cardinal trusts migration will be a priority for next pope as he readies for conclave

By Giovanna Dell'Orto

May 3, 2025 at 5:09 p.m.

Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini is taking to his first conclave the same spirit that guided his...

FILE – Visitors admire the Sistine Chapel inside the Vatican Museums on the occasion of the museum’s reopening, in Rome, May 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, file)

Vatican firefighters install a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel for the papal election

By Nicole Winfield

May 2, 2025 at 10:03 a.m.

Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of...

FILE – Cardinals walk in procession to the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, at the beginning of the conclave, April 18, 2005. (Osservatore Romano via AP, File)

How long was the longest conclave? Facts about the secret voting to elect a pope

By Giada Zampano

May 2, 2025 at 7:35 a.m.

“Conclave” the film may have introduced moviegoers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a...

The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City is seen on Thursday, April 17, 2025 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (AP Photo/Nick Oxford)

Chief Justice John Roberts might hold key Supreme Court vote over first publicly funded religious charter school

By Mark Sherman

April 30, 2025 at 4:06 p.m.

Chief Justice John Roberts appears to hold the key vote over whether the Supreme Court...