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Pope addresses crowd in Vatican after cancer surgery

IOL · 18 October 2026 at 13:06

Pope addresses crowd in Vatican after cancer surgery

Pope Leo XIV addressed thousands of people in St Peter's Square on Sunday, smiling and saying he would resume work " gradually" in his first major public appearance since undergoing lung cancer surgery.

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