Smiling pope returns to Vatican after cancer surgery
Pope Leo XIV's discharge on Saturday, four days after undergoing lung cancer surgery, ended a stretch of uncertainty that shook the Vatican and the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, less than two years into the Chicago-born pope's papacy.
Australia squeeze past New Zealand after mid-order collapse in opening women’s T20
* New Zealand 162-2; Australia 165-8 | Australia win by two wickets * Australia nearly make hash of run chase at North Sydney Oval Australia survived a dreadful collapse to claim a tense two-wicket victory over New Zealand in the opening Twenty20 International at North Sydney Oval. The reigning T20 World Cup champions won with seven balls to spare, scoring 165-8 in reply to New Zealand’s 162-2 on Sunday night. No 10 Kim Garth faced eight balls without scoring before hitting a boundary to give Australia a 1-0 lead in the three-match Rose Bowl series, with the remaining matches at North Sydney Oval on Tuesday and Thursday. Continue reading...
Pope Leo to gradually resume papal activities since removal of cancerous tumour
Pontiff thanks people for their prayers as he recovers from operation on his lung Pope Leo told a crowd gathered in St Peter’s Square on Sunday that he would “gradually resume” his activities at his first appearance before the faithful since undergoing an operation to have a cancerous tumour removed from his lung. The Catholic leader, 71, was greeted with applause as he appeared unaided at the window of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace to deliver his Sunday angelus. It was his first public appearance since making the shock announcement at the previous Sunday’s address that a small nodule had been found on his lung. Continue reading...
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