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What’s a lung nodule? As Pope Leo undergoes surgery, medical experts explain

by Gina Christian

As Pope Leo XIV undergoes surgery for a lung nodule, medical experts consulted by OSV News said the condition is typically benign — but requires careful scrutiny and …

Prayers for pope ahead of surgery invoke Our Lady of Fatima on miracle of sun anniversary
Pope Leo XIV admitted to hospital for afternoon lung surgery
Texas priest named Maronite bishop of eparchy in Mexico
Archbishop Broglio denounces ‘public spectacle’ of Hasan execution, obliges Catholic recusal
Washington Letter: Pentagon plan to livestream execution met with widespread condemnation

U.S. Church

Bishops, clergy, religious and faithful offer prayers for Pope Leo ahead of lung surgery

by Gina Christian

After Pope Leo XIV announced his upcoming surgery to remove a lung nodule, Catholic bishops, clergy, religious and faithful in the U.S. offered up prayers.

Novena, resources respond to ‘urgent pastoral challenge’ of mental health

Everything ‘begins with God’ for first Black woman to be president of Denver’s Regis University

Mike Ditka dies at 86: A life of football, fire, and Catholic faith

FOCUS names Jonathan Reyes as CEO

Bishop Dewane recalled for his ‘remarkable legacy of faithful service’ to Church

World

Sydney bishops discuss plans for Eucharistic Congress with Pope Leo, with dates set

by Marilyn Rodrigues

This will be the 54th International Eucharistic Congress. It has been hosted twice in Australia already: in Sydney in 1928 and Melbourne in 1973.

Kenyan archdiocese holds memorial Mass for Catholics killed on way to National Prayer Day
Elderly woman dies in Spain after eviction that sparked national housing fury, snap election
Australian bishop sentenced to 6.5 years in prison for abuse of Aboriginal men
World Mission Sunday has ‘borne fruit in my own life,’ says Pope Leo
Remains of over 100 bodies found in dig all buried in coffins at Irish mother and baby home

Women’s equality, uniqueness must be respected, says Vatican UN diplomat

Church leaders call for dialogue over confrontation amid turbulent protests in France

Faithful cannot accept oppression, injustice, pope says

Vatican

New online courses help Catholics comfort those struggling with mental health

by Carol Glatz

Opinion

Keeping the faith when dealing with mental illness

by Cecilia Cicone

Capital punishment is ambiguously inadmissible

by Kenneth Craycraft

Quo vadis, Ecclesia?

by Michael R. Heinlein

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