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22 October 2026 05:17

The 71-year-old leader of the Catholic Church has had the lower lobe of his right lung removed in surgery.

James Martin, SJ

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14 October 2026 05:41

Dear friends: Pope Leo needs all our prayers, as he now faces treatment for lung cancer. Let me suggest that we ask Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Bernadette to intercede for him, as well as for his doctors, nurses and caregivers, so that he might be quickly restored to full health.

David Eby

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10 October 2026 22:13

To build B.C. strong, we have to protect the place we call home.

Christopher Hale

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29 September 2026 05:33

Asked aboard the papal plane Monday about Germany’s far right, Pope Leo XIV said its fusion with “a certain kind of religion” is “not an authentic expression of Christianity.” The values of the Gospel, he said, “are not about hatred and division.”

Christopher Hale

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28 September 2026 05:32

“There was a time when these words brought tears to every American.” “Now they are shunned, riddled with conditions, or ignored altogether because they remind us of what we have become.” — Cardinal Robert McElroy