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Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Vatican confirms Pope Leo’s Latin America trip after post-surgery checkup

By Associated Press

October 26, 2026 at 12:25 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV will proceed with his planned Nov. 6-17 trip to Uruguay, Argentina and...

The Rev. Ken Fleck presides over Mass at St. George in Tinley Park to help celebrate his 50th anniversary as a priest June 7, 2026. (Jeff Vorva/for the Daily Southtown)

Longtime priest Kenneth Fleck from St. George in Tinley Park cleared and reinstated after allegations

By Evy Lewis

October 26, 2026 at 3:26 p.m.

The Rev. Kenneth Fleck was cleared of allegations of child sexual abuse and reinstated, the...

Pope Leo XIV is presented with flowers as he leaves at the end of the general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo XIV cancels Assisi trip on doctors’ advice as he recovers from surgery

By Giada Zampano

October 23, 2026 at 1:20 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV will miss a planned trip to Assisi next week after doctors advised...

This picture, released by Vatican Media on Friday, Oct. 16, 2026, shows Pope Leo XIV, flanked by his personal secretary, Monsignor Edgard Iván Rimaycuna Inga, left, celebrating Mass at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, where he is recovering after having cancer removed from his right lung. (Vatican Media via AP)

Pope speaks with Putin, denouncing recent attacks as he shows recovery from lung surgery progressing

By Nicole Winfield

October 16, 2026 at 11:28 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV has spoken on the phone from the hospital with Russian President Vladimir...

The statue of late pope St. John Paul II, center, is pictured at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo resumes working in hospital as doctors say lung recovered from surgery

By Nicole Winfield

October 15, 2026 at 9:57 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV’s lung has recovered well from surgery to remove a cancerous nodule, and...

An image of Pope Leo XIV rests at the base of a statue of late pope St. John Paul II outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, where Leo is hospitalized for surgery to remove a lung nodule, in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Questions swirl about Pope Leo’s future after lung cancer diagnosis

By Nicole Winfield

October 15, 2026 at 6:15 a.m.

Pope Leo’s lung cancer diagnosis has thrown a question mark into his pontificate. And the...

People make the sign of the cross at the start of noon Mass, which included special prayers for Pope Leo XIV, at Holy Name Cathedral on Oct. 14, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Chicago prays for native son Pope Leo XIV as he battles lung cancer. ‘His heart is still connected to this city.’

By Angie Leventis Lourgos

October 14, 2026 at 5:39 p.m.

Local Catholic faithful pray for the healing of Pope Leo after physicians diagnosed him with...

Pope Leo XIV arrives at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, where he’s expected to be operated to remove a lung nodule. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer called adenocarcinoma. Here’s what that means.

By Associated Press

October 14, 2026 at 9:55 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV had the lower section of his right lung removed after doctors diagnosed...

Pope Leo XIV arrives at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, where doctors expect to remove a lung nodule. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Leo is eating and walking after cancer surgery, but Latin America trip is in question

By Nicole Winfield

October 14, 2026 at 1:43 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV spent a peaceful night in Rome’s Gemelli hospital after doctors removed the...

Attorney Stephen Hart announces a series of lawsuits on Oct. 13, 2026, against the Archdiocese of Chicago for alleged abuse of minors by priests assigned to Holy Angels between 1969 and 2002 in Chicago. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Rev. George Clements orchestrated a ‘decades-long child sex ring’ at South Side parish, new lawsuits say

By Shun Graves

October 14, 2026 at 10:47 a.m.

A law firm said it has filed the first of numerous lawsuits alleging abuse related...

Who’s in charge when the pope is unconscious and unable to govern?

By Associated Press

October 13, 2026 at 7:04 a.m.

Who runs the Catholic Church when the pope is unconscious, incapacitated or otherwise unable to...

Vatican says Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer and the lower lobe of his right lung was removed

By Nicole Winfield

October 13, 2026 at 1:10 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV underwent surgery Tuesday that confirmed that he has lung cancer, and doctors...

A volunteer walks past signs for migrants alerting them to free social services at the Migrant Center in Forest Park. (Jesse Wright/Pioneer Press)

Years later, migrants bused into Oak Park area still living in limbo

By Jesse Wright

October 13, 2026 at 5:05 a.m.

Many migrants who ended up in the Oak Park area likely passed through the doors...