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NewsPope Leo XIV begins 12-day South America homecoming tour three weeks after lung cancer surgery
Pope Leo XIV has left Rome for a 12-day tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru — his first trip to South America as pope and his longest foreign journey yet — just over three weeks after surgery to remove a cancerous tumour from his lung.
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USAPope Leo XIV becomes first pope to vote in a US election after submitting mail-in ballot
The Vatican has confirmed that the Chicago-born pontiff submitted a mail-in ballot in Chicago ahead of the 3 November midterm elections, a historic first for a sitting pope.