Uncertainty surrounding Pope Leo XIV’s health has revived debate about how openly the Vatican discloses information about the pontiff’s medical condition, with attention focused on a cancer diagnosis and a recent visit to Lourdes.

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  • Kelvin Registe
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    20 days ago

    Shocking: an institution famous for secrecy is being secretive. I’d call this a revelation if I hadn’t known it for decades.

  • Althea Shillingford
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    19 days ago

    I remember the last papal health scare—leaks, then nothing; this time cancer and Lourdes make the silence smell like management, not mystery.