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  "id": 15402921,
  "title": "Pope addresses crowd in Vatican after cancer surgery",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/pope-addresses-crowd-in-vatican-after-cancer-surgery",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-18T11:06:00.000Z",
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  "summary": "Pope Leo XIV addressed thousands of people in St Peter's Square on Sunday, smiling and saying he would resume work \" gradually\" in his first major public appearance since undergoing lung cancer surgery.",
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        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Pope Leo will leave the hospital Saturday following lung cancer surgery, Vatican says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/pope-leo-will-leave-the-hospital-saturday-following-lung-cancer",
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        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Smiling pope returns to Vatican after cancer surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/smiling-pope-returns-to-vatican-after-cancer-surgery",
        "published": "2026-10-17T15:20:04.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Pope Leo Returns to Vatican After Successful Cancer Surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/pope-leo-returns-to-vatican-after-successful-cancer-surgery",
        "published": "2026-10-17T17:18:28.000Z"
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        "title": "Smiling pope returns to Vatican after cancer surgery",
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        "published": "2026-10-17T20:23:43.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Smiling pope returns to Vatican after cancer surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/smiling-pope-returns-to-vatican-after-cancer-surgery-15296912",
        "published": "2026-10-17T21:50:37.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Toronto Sun",
        "title": "Smiling pope returns to Vatican after cancer surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/smiling-pope-returns-to-vatican-after-cancer-surgery-15288041",
        "published": "2026-10-17T22:04:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Qatar Tribune",
        "title": "Vatican says pope able to leave hospital following cancer surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/vatican-says-pope-able-to-leave-hospital-following-cancer-surgery",
        "published": "2026-10-17T22:14:03.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Smiling pope returns to Vatican after cancer surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/smiling-pope-returns-to-vatican-after-cancer-surgery",
        "published": "2026-10-18T01:56:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Smiling pope returns to Vatican after cancer surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/smiling-pope-returns-to-vatican-after-cancer-surgery-15357598",
        "published": "2026-10-18T05:34:32.000Z"
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