VATICAN CITY, October 22, 2026 — A serious medical diagnosis involving Pope Leo XIV has drawn international attention after Vatican officials confirmed that the 71-year-old leader of the Roman Catholic Church underwent surgery in Rome to remove a can...

He did not die in a place the world could point to. No stage lights. No applause. No crowd holding its breath. His heart stopped in the quiet house where he had built a second life—one few people knew...