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Who runs the Vatican while Pope Leo recovers?
FOX 32 Chicago Heidi Schlumpf of the National Catholic Reporter explains how the Vatican handles the pope’s duties while he is hospitalized and unable to work.
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Lima Church Postpones Pope Leo Prep Meeting
Lima’s Catholic Church has postponed a planning meeting for Pope Leo XIV’s November visit to Peru, hours after his lung cancer surgery in Rome. For American Catholics and US travellers booked for the trip, it is a sign that the…
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Who's in charge when the pope is unconscious and unable to govern? The pope
The Vatican has detailed laws, rituals and norms to transfer papal power if a pope dies or resigns. But none of them apply when he is sick or even unconscious. Pope Leo XIV had surgery Tuesday to remove part of…
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Pope Leo XIV undergoes surgery to remove lung nodule at Rome's Gemelli hospital
Pope Leo XIV, center, arrives at the Agostino Gemelli University Hospital in Rome, Italy, Tuesday. The medical center is preparing to receive Pope Leo XIV for planned lung surgery to extract a minor nodule, according to the Holy See Press…
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