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The Myth of St. Francis

At the beginning of his 2020 encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis speaks of “an episode in the life of St. Francis that shows his openness of heart, which knew no bounds and transcended differences of origin, nationality, color, or religion.” He means, of course, St. Francis’s celebrated journey to Egypt in the early thirteenth century. According to the popular version of this story, St. Francis arrived amid war-mongering Crusaders, crossed through enemy lines, and embraced the Muslim sultan Malik al-Kamil (nephew of Saladin) in friendship. 

In Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis not only tells this story, but relates his own story of meeting with a powerful Egyptian:

Pope Leo diagnosed with lung cancer after undergoing surgery, Vatican says

Pope Leo XIV's surgery confirmed that he has lung cancer and he had the lower lobe of his right lung removed, the Vatican said Tuesday.

The tests confirmed a diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma, the Vatican said in a medical bulletin after the surgery. It said the diagnosis had been suspected by preoperative tests and was confirmed during surgery.

The 71-year-old pontiff was in the operating room for about 3 hours, the statement said. The surgery itself lasted approximately 90 minutes. "The surgery was successful, and there were no complications," the statement said.

"To ensure a radical resection, the lower lobe of the right lung was removed using a video-assisted technique," the Vatican said in a statement. "Intraoperative histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of pulmonary adenocarcinoma, as suspected from pre-operative tests."

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