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Pope Leo appears at a window of the Apostolic Palace, in his first public event since cancer surgery, at the Vatican, 18 October, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Pope Leo pledges gradual return to duties in first event since cancer surgery

"Having overcome this delicate phase... I will now gradually resume ​my activities, always with the help of God and your prayers," Leo said.

Bangladesh envoy meets Pope Leo XIV to deepen Vatican relations

Bangladesh envoy meets Pope Leo XIV to deepen Vatican relations

Pope Leo XIV stands in the Sistine Chapel among cardinals after being elected, at the Vatican, 8 May 2025. Photo: Vatican Media/­Francesco Sforza/Handout via REUTERS/ File

Cardinal found with phone during secret conclave to elect Pope Leo, book says

For centuries, the Roman Catholic Church controlled the Papal States across regions of Italy, each ruled by a Pope. Vatican City is the only surviving Papal State. Photos: Collected

Vatican City: A walk through the world’s smallest state

A person holds up an artwork on the day Pope Leo XIV leads a Holy Mass for the canonisation of Carlo Acutis, a British-born Italian boy who will become the first millennial to be made a Catholic saint, and Pier Giorgio Frassati, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, September 7, 2025. REUTERS/Matteo Minnella

Pope Leo declares teen computer whiz Carlo Acutis the first millennial saint

Photo: collected

Vatican delegation to visit Bangladesh 6–11 Sept

Cardinals attend the Vespers prayers after visiting the tomb of Pope Francis in Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Santa Maria Maggiore), in Rome, Italy, April 27, 2025. Francesco Sforza/Vatican Media/­Handout via REUTERS

Conclave to elect new pope to start on 7 May, cardinals meet

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus leaves Rome for home on Sunday, 27 April 2025, a day after joining the funeral mass of Pope Francis at St Peter's Square in Vatican City. Photo: CA Press Wing

CA Yunus leaves Rome for home

People attend the funeral Mass of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 26, 2025. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

Rome and the world bid farewell to Pope Francis with massive funeral and humble burial

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus attended the funeral of Pope Francis at St Peter’s Square in Vatican City on 26 April 2025. Photo: PID

CA Yunus pays last tribute to Pope Francis, joins funeral

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus of the Bangladesh interim government. Sketch: TBS

CA Yunus leaves Qatar for Vatican to pay last tribute to Pope Francis

Pope Francis' body is carried in a coffin to Saint Peter's Basilica, on the day of its translation, at the Vatican, April 23. Photo: Vatican Media/Mario Tomassetti

Vatican braces for huge crowds ahead of Pope's funeral

Pope Francis waves from a balcony on the day of the "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and to the world) message, at St. Peter's Square, on Easter Sunday, in the Vatican, April 20, 2025. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

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