Following Pope Leo XIV’s Oct. 13 diagnosis of lung cancer, OSV News spoke with several medical experts about its prevalence, likely treatments and outcomes.
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As Pope Leo XIV undergoes surgery for a lung nodule, medical experts consulted by OSV News said the condition is typically benign — but requires careful scrutiny and early intervention …
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“Doctors, legal professionals, disability groups, other faith communities and those of no faith … stood up for the dignity and sanctity of every life.”
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Catholic Relief Services and Caritas Venezuela have together distributed hundreds of emergency food and hygiene kits, along with tarpaulins for shelter.
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“I have been blessed with many friendships: my clergy brothers, lay leaders and faithful members of the Haitian diaspora.”
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Reflecting on their friendship, Strappetti said the pope felt close to him “perhaps because I saw him as a person before seeing him as a pope.”
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The image of Merciful Jesus “came out of Vilnius and went to the whole world,” she said. “But it is not a decoration on a wall. It is a call.”
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“Our role as doctors is solely to determine whether a person has been cured, and whether that cure is unexplained,” he explained.
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Father Torres said he never expected “this much love from the community, and for Jillian, of course, the huge sacrifice she is making.”
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HHS proposes new regulatory actions to prohibit gender transition procedures for minors
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Dec. 18 announced new regulatory actions that would effectively ban certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who …
