This week on the “Jesuitical” podcast, Ashley McKinless and Zac Davis speak with NPR’s Scott Detrow about Pope Leo’s cancer diagnosis and Scott’s new book on the pope’s life.
Pope Leo XIV
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Interview: Cardinal Cupich on Pope Leo’s ‘shocking’ cancer diagnosis
Cardinal Cupich thinks that after recovery, the first American pope will have even greater “credibility” among the people because of this experience of fragility.
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Bishops conclude Vatican family meeting as Pope Leo XIV recovers in hospital
“I will read the fruits of your work and discussions, and offer my reflections in due course,” Pope Leo wrote in a brief message to the participants signed on the day of his surgery.
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Pope Leo has ‘resumed work’ three days after lung cancer surgery
Vatican sources said Pope Leo had received a visit from Archbishop Paolo Rudelli, the chief of staff of the Vatican’s Secretariat of State, this afternoon.
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Trump sends Pope Leo ‘get well’ wishes following cancer diagnosis
President Trump offered Pope Leo XIV his “best wishes” and “love” in a short interview with reporters the day after the pope was diagnosed with lung cancer.
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A Prayer for Pope Leo’s Recovery
As Leo faces treatment, give him all the gifts of the Holy Spirit, especially fortitude.
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Cardinal Tagle reads Pope Leo’s homily to bishops: ‘The world has no future without strong families’
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle presided over the closing Mass for the Vatican meeting of bishops on marriage and family as Pope Leo recovers from surgery.
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Pope Leo concelebrated Mass in hospital chapel as recovery from lung surgery proceeds ‘as expected’
Pope Leo XIV is making “a normal postoperative recovery” following an operation to remove the lower lobe of his right lung, where doctors had found a malignant tumor.
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What to know about Pope Leo’s cancer diagnosis
The Vatican announced last night that Pope Leo XIV’s surgery Tuesday afternoon confirmed the diagnosis that had already been indicated by his pre-operation tests: pulmonary adenocarcinoma, the most common type of non-small cell lung cancer.
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Pope Leo diagnosed with lung cancer, Vatican announces
Tests confirmed a diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma, the Vatican said in a medical bulletin after the surgery.