Pope Leo XIV underwent surgery Tuesday to remove the lower lobe of his right lung after doctors confirmed a diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma, the Vatican announced Tuesday evening.

Pope Leo XIV marked his 71st birthday at the Vatican with the launch of an art exhibit focused on water at the Vatican Apostolic Library on Monday.

Pope Leo XIV invited people to take time out from the daily bustle of their lives to listen to “the melodious voice of creation,” through which God speaks, as the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation is observed on Sept. 1.

Pope Leo XIV has invited the faithful to make time for “meaningful moments of silence and prayer” during the summer.

Despite only being a little over a week into the soccer tournament, the name of Jesus has already been made known many times from several of the athletes and teams as they compete on this global stage.

At the Wednesday general audience at the Vatican on June 3, Pope Leo XIV called Catholics to be open to an "encounter with God by rediscovering the signs and symbols of the sacred liturgy."

Pope Leo XIV just released his first encyclical — and it may be the most important Church document of our lifetime.

With the announcement of Pope Leo XIV's first papal encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas: “On the Protection of Human Dignity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence," there is much anticipation as to what guidance the pope will provide.

Pope Leo XIV said the principal threat facing both religion and science today is the denial of the existence of objective truth.

Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of May is that everyone might have food.

Pope Leo XIV warned at Mass in Saurimo, Angola, on Monday of making God into an idol that is sought only when advantageous — "when genuine faith is replaced with superstitious practices."

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday urged young people in Angola to help build “a better, welcoming world, where there is no more war, injustice, poverty, or dishonesty,” during a rosary gathering at the Marian shrine of Mama Muxima.

Pope Leo XIV urged them to overcome “fear of illness and death” through faith in Christ, noting that facing these two realities can help individuals “discern in their own lives what is not essential, in order to turn toward, or return to, the Lord.”

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Algeria on Monday and delivered his first address in the country at the Maqam Echahid Martyrs’ Monument, where he urged forgiveness and said that “the future belongs to men and women of peace.”

“The Sunday Eucharist is indispensable for Christian life,” Pope Leo XIV said before reciting the Marian prayer of the Regina Caeli on April 12 in St. Peter's Square.

Several bishops’ conferences around the world have echoed Pope Leo XIV’s call to pray for peace on April 11.

Pope Leo XIV announced Sunday that he will lead a prayer vigil for peace on April 11 at St. Peter’s Basilica, using his first Easter urbi et orbi message to make a forceful appeal for an end to war and a renewed embrace of dialogue.

Pope Leo XIV on Holy Thursday returned the Mass of the Lord’s Supper to the Basilica of St. John Lateran, reviving a papal practice last observed there in 2012 under Benedict XVI.

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday voiced dismay over ongoing conflicts around the world, saying the suffering of innocent victims “hurts all of humanity” and urging an end to hostilities grounded in dialogue and respect for human dignity.

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday called for a rediscovery of the role of the laity in the Church.

Pope Leo XIV continued his pastoral visits to parishes on the outskirts of Rome Sunday, traveling to the Santa Maria della Presentazione parish in the Torrevecchia neighborhood.

Pope Leo XIV has named Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia as the new apostolic nuncio to the United States, succeeding Cardinal Christophe Pierre, who turned 80, the retirement age for cardinals, at the end of January.

At the start of the New Year, Pope Leo declared 2026 the Jubilee Year of St. Francis of Assisi, honoring the 800th anniversary of his death.

Pope Leo XIV emphasized Wednesday that the Church experiences a part of God’s plan for unity by being together at liturgical celebrations.

In his message for Lent 2026, Pope Leo XIV urges Catholics to listen more closely to God and others — and to “disarm” their language by fasting from words that wound.