{"id":10347,"date":"2026-10-15T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T08:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/?p=10347"},"modified":"2026-10-15T14:44:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T14:44:05","slug":"the-pope-headlines-words-and-miracles-briefly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/the-pope-headlines-words-and-miracles-briefly\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pope, Headlines, Words, and Miracles: Briefly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B34AjcepiFE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Pope Leo Celebrates Mass in the Hospital as He Recovers From Lung Surgery&#8221;, 3:07,  EWTN News Nightly (October 14, 2026)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m not making a habit of frequent posts. But I&#8217;m rather pope-conscious this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three-minute video says our pope is doing well, under the circumstances, and that it&#8217;s &#8220;business as usual&#8221; at Gemelli Hospital, except for the Pope recovering from surgery there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EWTN News Nightly also did brief interviews with folks associated with Gemelli, and an even shorter introduction to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peregrine_Laziosi\">St. Peregrine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Peregrine Laziosi (Pellegrino Latiosi; c. 1260 &#8211; 1 May 1345) is an Italian saint of the Servite Order (Friar Order Servants of Mary). <strong>He is the patron saint for persons suffering from cancer, AIDS, and other life-threatening illnesses.<\/strong> &#8230;<br>&#8220;&#8230;One of the special penances he imposed on himself was to stand whenever it was not necessary to sit. When tired, he would support himself on a choir stall. At the age of 60, he developed an infection in his right leg. His condition deteriorated to the point that the physician decided to amputate his leg.<br>&#8220;The night before the operation, Laziosi spent time praying before a fresco of the crucifixion in the chapter room. He fell into a deep trance-like sleep and seemed to see Jesus descend from the cross to touch his leg.<br>&#8220;The following day, the doctor arrived to perform the amputation, and, finding no sign of the cancer, news of the miraculous cure spread throughout the town&#8230;.&#8221;<br>(<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peregrine_Laziosi\">St. Peregrine<\/a>, Wikipedia) [emphasis mine]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was going to put some of the following into my scheduled &#8216;Saturday&#8217; post, but figure it&#8217;s a better fit here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looks like the nodule in one of Leo XIV&#8217;s lungs was cancerous. Now he&#8217;s missing part of his right lung:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/press.vatican.va\/content\/salastampa\/en\/bollettino\/pubblico\/2026\/10.html\">The Pope&#8217;s words at the Angelus prayer, 11.10.2026<\/a> (October 11, 2026)<br>&#8220;&#8230;Dear friends, during some recent medical examinations, the doctors found a small, localized nodule in my lung. It was detected at a very early stage and is well-localized. The doctors believe that it is best to intervene, so, following their advice, I have decided to undergo surgery to remove it. The operation is already scheduled to take place in the coming days. I thank you for your spiritual closeness and entrust myself to your prayers.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/pope\/news\/2026-10\/pope-leo-gemelli-hospital-holy-see-press-office-update-14-0ctobe.html\">Pope Leo has calm night in hospital after successful lung surgery<\/a>&#8221; <br>Vatican News (October 14, 2026)<br>&#8220;&#8216;The night passed calmly for the Pope. Further information will be provided later today,&#8217; the Holy See Press Office said on Wednesday, the morning after Pope Leo underwent a successful lung operation with no complications.<br>&#8220;Pope Leo XIV underwent surgery at Gemelli Hospital, during which doctors removed the lower lobe of his right lung&#8230;.<br>&#8220;&#8230;&#8217;An intraoperative histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma, as suspected from the preoperative examinations,&#8217; the doctors said.<br> &#8220;The Pope was in the operating room for approximately three hours, while the operation itself lasted about 90 minutes. The doctors said it was successful and there were no complications&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/pope\/news\/2026-10\/pope-leos-postoperative-recovery-positively-progressing.html\">Pope Leo&#8217;s postoperative recovery progressing well<\/a>&#8221; <br>Vatican News (October 14, 2026)<br>&#8220;&#8230;&#8217;The Holy Father has undergone respiratory physiotherapy and has begun walking around his room. He has resumed eating normally and had breakfast and lunch,&#8217; it [the Holy See Press Office statement] added. &#8216;His recovery is proceeding as expected.&#8217;&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"headlines\"><\/a>Headlines, Words, and Miracles<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/miracles\/#sometimes\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brendans-island.com\/blogsource\/20130220ff\/Brooklyn_Museum_-_Healing_of_the_Lepers_at_Capernaum_Guerison_des_lepreux_a_Capernaum_-_James_Tissot_-_overall-329.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"James Tissot's 'Healing of the Lepers at Capernaum' ('Gu\u00e9rison des l\u00e9preux \u00e0 Capernaum'). (ca. 1886-1894) Brooklyn Museum via Wikipedia\" style=\"width:329px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Healing of the Lepers at Capernaum&#8221;, Tissot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve been seeing words like &#8220;shock&#8221; and &#8220;stuns&#8221; in my news feed&#8217;s headlines about the pope&#8217;s diagnosis and operation: and not from what I&#8217;ll call tabloid news. I suppose that sort of, ah, drama comes with the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A word I <strong>haven&#8217;t<\/strong> seen yet in discussions of Leo XIV&#8217;s so-far-successful surgery is &#8220;miracle&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I sooner or later someone may say that his recovery was &#8220;a miracle&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But if that idea remains unexpressed, that&#8217;s fine by me; mainly because, so far, nothing I&#8217;ve read about the diagnosis and surgery strikes me as miraculous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A good example of health care, involving very up-to-date technology, yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miraculous, no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<strong>MIRACLE:<\/strong> A sign or wonder, such as a healing or the control of nature, which can only be attributed to divine power. The miracles of Jesus were messianic signs of the presence of God\u2019s kingdom (547).\u201d<br>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/sites\/default\/files\/flipbooks\/catechism\/index.html#890\">Glossary<\/a>, Catechism of the Catholic Church)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Books could be and have been written about the miracles of Jesus. I&#8217;m not going to do that, but I will share some of what the Catechism says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;547 Jesus accompanies his words with many &#8216;mighty works and wonders and signs&#8217;, which manifest that the kingdom is present in him and attest that he was the promised Messiah.<br>548 <strong>The signs worked by Jesus attest that the Father has sent him.<\/strong> They invite belief in him. To those who turn to him in faith, he grants what they ask. So miracles strengthen faith in the One who does his Father&#8217;s works; they bear witness that he is the Son of God. But his miracles can also be occasions for &#8216;offence&#8217;;[!] <strong>they are not intended to satisfy people&#8217;s curiosity or desire for magic Despite his evident miracles some people reject Jesus; he is even accused of acting by the power of demons.<\/strong><br>549 By freeing some individuals from the earthly evils of hunger, injustice, illness and death, Jesus performed messianic signs. Nevertheless <strong>he did not come to abolish all evils here below, but to free men from the gravest slavery, sin,<\/strong> which thwarts them in their vocation as God&#8217;s sons and causes all forms of human bondage.&#8221;<br>(Catechism of the Catholic Church, 547-549) [emphasis mine]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Basically, Jesus performed miracles at least partly to show that he was who and what he said he was: God. A fair number of folks accepted the idea. A little later, when Jesus stopped being dead: well, that&#8217;s another topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"usual\"><\/a>The Usual Links<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/so-let-her\/#health\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brendans-island.com\/blogsource\/20250726ff\/20251104-upenn-edu-MedicalmiscellanyOversizeLJS24-detail-329.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Detail of Collection of standard 13th-century medical texts with inhabited initials showing medical scenes. 'Medical miscellany ', Oversize LJS 24, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Detail from a standard 13th century medical text.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve talked about Jesus, miracles, and health before:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/pope-leo-xiv-surgery-today\/\"><strong>Pope Leo XIV: Surgery Today<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; (October 13, 2026)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/pope-leo-xiv-surgery-today\/#ourcurrent\">Our Current Pope\u2019s Health: Awareness, But Not Anxiety<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/called-to-holiness-not-stupidity\/\"><strong>Called to Holiness, Not Stupidity<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; (June 7, 2025)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/called-to-holiness-not-stupidity\/#priorities\">Priorities<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/called-to-holiness-not-stupidity\/#being\">Being a Catholic<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/just-who-is-this-jesus-person-and-who-does-he-think-he-is\/\"><strong>Just Who is This Jesus Person, and Who Does He Think He is?<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; (October 8, 2022)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/just-who-is-this-jesus-person-and-who-does-he-think-he-is\/#those\">&#8220;Those Who Followed Were Afraid&#8221;??<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/just-who-is-this-jesus-person-and-who-does-he-think-he-is\/#claiming\">Claiming Divinity<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/just-who-is-this-jesus-person-and-who-does-he-think-he-is\/#man\">The Man Who Said &#8220;I AM&#8221; and Defeated Death<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/just-who-is-this-jesus-person-and-who-does-he-think-he-is\/#still\">Still Waiting, Still Working<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/miracles\/\"><strong>Miracles<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; (August 13, 2017)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/miracles\/#not\">Not-Really-Miraculous Products<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/miracles\/#using\">Using our Brains<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/miracles\/#sometimes\">Sometimes God Loads the Dice<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not making a habit of frequent posts. 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