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Update · October 28, 2026

Back at His Weekly Audience

Pope Leo smiled and waved from the popemobile as he rode through St. Peter's Square for his Wednesday general audience, keeping up his regular schedule as he recovers. A day earlier, the Vatican's foreign minister, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, told reporters that the medical advice is “very positive,” so the Holy Father feels able to go ahead with his November 6 to 17 trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. Please keep praying for his full recovery, and for his brother Louis as his treatment continues.

Update · October 26, 2026

Cleared for His Trip to South America

After his latest checkup, the Vatican says the Holy Father's tests and lab results show no medical reason he can't make his November 6 to 17 trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, and his physician, Dr. Luigi Carbone, says his recovery continues well. The trip will go ahead as planned, even with about a dozen flights and two helicopter rides to high altitudes. Pope Leo thanked everyone for their prayers and said it fills him with joy to return to the continent where he lived so many moments of his life.

Update · October 23, 2026

Assisi Visit Canceled as a Precaution

On his doctors' advice, Pope Leo will not travel to Assisi on October 27 for the peace gathering marking 40 years since St. John Paul II's 1986 World Day of Prayer. The Vatican says a follow-up chest X-ray shows his recovery is “progressing very well,” but the doctors want him to avoid the helicopter trip so soon after surgery. He will send a message to the gathering instead.

Update · October 21, 2026

No Further Treatment Needed

Thanks be to God! The Holy Father's surgeon and his personal physician say the final tests on the tissue removed in surgery confirm the cancer was localized and had not spread, and an oncology review found that no further treatment is needed. The same day, Pope Leo rode through St. Peter's Square in the popemobile for his first weekly general audience since the operation. His surgeon sees no medical reason he can't make his November 6 to 17 trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru.

Update · October 21, 2026

“Keep Praying for My Brother”

The Pope's brother Louis Prevost says he has been asking Blessed Fulton Sheen to intercede for him, along with St. Carlo Acutis, as he receives treatment in Florida. He says this clinical trial is more advanced than his last one, with milder side effects, and credits prayer for carrying him nine years past a grim first diagnosis. His one request is that we keep praying for his brother's full recovery, “because I think he's the pope the church needs at this time.” Meanwhile the Holy Father is recovering at the Vatican, and his surgeon sees no reason he can't make his November trip to South America.

Update · October 18, 2026

“This Delicate Phase Is Behind Me”

Back at the Vatican after a four-day hospital stay, Pope Leo led the Sunday Angelus from his window and thanked the crowd in St. Peter's Square for their prayers. “This delicate phase is behind me,” he said, adding that he will gradually resume his activities. He also thanked the doctors, nurses and staff at Gemelli. His surgeon expects a full recovery in about ten more days, and tests are still underway to see whether further treatment is needed.

Update · October 17, 2026

The Holy Father Goes Home

Pope Leo is being discharged from Gemelli Hospital today and returning to the Vatican, after tests confirmed he is ready to leave. Before going, he celebrates Mass at the hospital, as he did yesterday for the staff who cared for him. He plans to lead the Angelus from his window on Sunday.

Update · October 15, 2026

The Holy Father Celebrates Mass from His Hospital Room

The Vatican says Pope Leo XIV had a good second night at Gemelli Hospital and was up for breakfast this morning. On Wednesday afternoon he concelebrated Mass in a room prepared on the hospital's 10th floor. His recovery is progressing normally, and the planned one-week stay is unchanged.

Update · October 14, 2026

The Holy Father Is Recovering, and His Brother Is in Treatment

The Vatican says the Holy Father is having a normal recovery. He is walking and eating, and his tests are normal. His brother Louis, diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2017, came out of remission this summer. He is now in a CAR T-cell clinical trial and received new cells on Monday. His wife Deborah says the family is “going through a lot” but hopeful.

Update · October 13, 2026

Pope Leo XIV Has Part of Right Lung Removed; Cancer Diagnosis Confirmed

The Vatican says the surgery at Rome's Gemelli Hospital was successful, with no complications. Surgeons removed the lower lobe of his right lung, and tests confirmed lung adenocarcinoma, which the Holy Father said was detected at a very early stage. Papal audiences are canceled until October 20.