Pope Leo XIV thanks faithful for prayers at first appearance since surgery

October 18, 2026Ghana

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Pope Leo XIV thanked the thousands of faithful in the Vatican’s Saint Peter’s Square on Sunday for their prayers while he was hospitalised earlier this week.

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Published: October 18, 2026
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