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Pope receives black-clad musician Bob Dylan at Vatican

Pope Leo greeting 85-year-old singer-songwriter Bob Dylan at the Vatican on Nov 4.

Pope Leo healthy, needs no extra measures for South America trip, Vatican says

Pope Leo leaves on Nov 6 for a 12-day tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, following surgery on Oct 13 to remove the lower lobe of his right lung.

Pope Leo says he hopes Oleshky truce could spur Ukraine-Russia peace efforts

Pope Leo spoke with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Oct 16.

Pope Leo tries to stay neutral as US basketball rivals descend on Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receiving a basketball as a gift, during an audience at the Vatican on Oct 31 with members of the Villanova and Notre Dame university basketball teams, ahead of the US college basketball season. Villanova University is the US-born Pope’s alma mater.

Pope Leo becomes first pontiff to cast ballot in US election

Pope Leo leads the Angelus prayer from the window of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican, October 11, 2026. Vatican Media/Elisabetta Trevisan/Handout via REUTERS

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epa13335444 A supporter of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Likud party election event in Jerusalem, 27 October 2026. Israelis headed to the polls in the first nationwide 26th Knesset (legislative) elections since the Hamas-led 07 October 2023 attack. EPA/ABIR SULTAN

Pope’s cancer a ‘gamechanger’ for papacy, Vatican foreign minister says

Pope Leo leading the Angelus prayer at the Vatican on Oct 18, following his discharge from hospital after surgery for lung cancer. Some Catholics had seen Leo as a “Superman” pope.

Pope fit enough to make Latin America trip next month, Vatican says

Pope Leo leading the Angelus prayer at the Vatican on Oct 25.

Pope Leo will not need further cancer treatment, doctors say

Pope Leo greeting members of the faithful in St Peter’s Square on Oct 21, as he arrives to hold his first weekly general audience since cancer surgery.

Pope Leo takes to popemobile for first time since cancer surgery

Pope Leo greets the faithful during his weekly general audience in Vatican City on Oct 21.

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