Christian Desk
Pope Leo skips Assisi peace meeting on doctors' advice
Pope Leo XIV won't fly to Assisi on 27 October for the 40th anniversary peace meeting. His doctors say he's recovering very well but advise caution.
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Grace Whitfield covers the Christian desk, which is free for every reader. Twenty-one of Whitfield's 23 stories are there, from Pope Leo XIV's visit to Lourdes and his Rosary for peace with 700 children to Wycliffe's count of the full Bible in 807 languages. Whitfield has also written two Space stories.
Roads Desk
WA puts a horror villain in the back seat to fight fatigue
WA's Unwanted Passenger campaign launched this week. Fatigue was a factor in serious crashes involving 870+ people over five years, 181 of them fatal.
Tech Desk
Canva launches Craft, its first home-grown image model
Canva released Craft, its first in-house image generation model, on 22 October. It makes 2K images in more than 30 aspect ratios and is open to all users.
Christian Desk
Guayaquil mourns Fr Patricio Sánchez, killed during Mass
Fr Patricio Sánchez Molinari died on 17 October after a crucifix fell during Mass at his Guayaquil parish. His order and archdiocese ask for prayers.
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Pope Leo thanks faithful at first Angelus after surgery
Pope Leo XIV led the Angelus on Sunday, a day after leaving hospital, thanked all who prayed for him and marked 100 years of World Mission Day.
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Pope Leo leaves hospital, cleared for Latin America trip
Pope Leo XIV left Rome's Gemelli hospital on 17 October, four days after lung cancer surgery. His surgeon says he's fit for the 6 November trip.
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Pope Leo asks Putin for a ceasefire in Oleshky
From his hospital room on 16 October, Pope Leo XIV asked Vladimir Putin for a ceasefire in Oleshky so food and medicine can reach civilians.
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Pope Leo's lung surgery recovery progressing normally
Pope Leo XIV's doctors say his chest X-ray shows good recovery after lung surgery. He's walking, saying Mass and back at work at Gemelli.
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Pope Leo homily: no future without strong families
Cardinal Tagle read Pope Leo's Amoris Laetitia homily in Saint Peter's Square, holding the bishops' synthesis so Leo can answer it himself.
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Pope Leo XIV has successful lung surgery at Gemelli
The Vatican says Pope Leo XIV's lung nodule surgery at Gemelli was completed successfully and he has returned to his room.
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Pope Leo XIV to have surgery to remove a small lung nodule
Pope Leo XIV enters Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Tuesday to have a small, early-stage lung nodule removed. He's asked for prayers, and bishops have answered.