In this week’s episode of “Inside the Vatican,” Gerry and Colleen evaluate how Pope Leo XIV’s recovery from his lung surgery is progressing and discuss questions of how the operation might affect his immediate future plans.
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On Ukraine war: Pope Francis the prophetic disruptor, Pope Leo the institutional pragmatist
Pope Leo XIV has taken a much more calculated, institutional approach, one that reflects his status as a Vatican “insider” in contrast with Pope Francis, who never held a Vatican role before his election.
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Doctors advise Pope Leo not to travel by helicopter to Assisi for international peace meeting on Oct. 27
In a subsequent communique, the Vatican said Pope Leo would not attend the Assisi meeting on Oct. 27 marking the 40th anniversary of the World Day of Prayer for Peace.
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Vatican’s doctrine office publishes document on the ‘crisis’ of passing on the Christian faith
The Vatican’s doctrine office published a new a document Oct. 22 on how to pass on the Christian faith in a time of “epochal change” marked by a “crisis in the intergenerational transmission of the Christian faith.”
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Pope Leo needs no further cancer treatment, doctors say
Pope Leo XIV received good news today: The results of the much-awaited histological examination confirmed that “no further treatment is necessary.”
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Cardinal Czerny on sustainability, AIDS and AI
“Sustainability is not like a kind of a personal achievement. Sustainability is because we all pull in the same direction,” Cardinal Czerny said after receiving the inaugural Pope Leo XIV Sustainability Medal.
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Pope Leo in surprisingly good form at first general audience after cancer surgery
Pope Leo spoke with a strong voice and sang the Our Father in Latin at the end—a striking performance a mere eight days after he underwent surgery to remove a malignant tumor from his right lung.
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Actor Chris Pratt joins Pope Leo in new documentary about St. Peter’s long-lost remains
In a new documentary produced in collaboration with the Vatican, actor Chris Pratt and Pope Leo XIV venture into the secret catacombs under St. Peter’s Basilica, exploring how the long-lost remains of the first apostle were found.
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Pope’s brother speaks about Leo’s cancer diagnosis and recovery in new interview
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.”
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Pope Leo, five days after surgery, says he will resume his work ‘gradually’
On Sunday Pope Leo spoke publicly for the first time since undergoing surgery at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital