WASHINGTON, United States — Pope Leo XIV had a cancerous tumor surgically removed from his right lung on Tuesday in a 90-minute operation described as "successful" by the Vatican. Here are what several medical experts told AFP about the surgery and diagnosis.

Louis Prevost​, Pope Leo XIV's older brother who lives in Florida, has multiple myeloma, his wife told CBS News on Tuesday.

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Pope Leo XIV has reminded Pete Hegseth of the Catholic Church’s rejection of the death penalty after the defense secretary bragged he will livestream a terrorist’s execution by firing squad. “The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person,

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The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize set to be announced on Friday.