{
  "id": 16498491,
  "title": "Pope Leo calls for end to Yemen violence two weeks after surgery",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/pope-leo-calls-for-end-to-yemen-violence-two-weeks-after-surgery-16498491",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-25T15:37:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/10/25/pope-leo-calls-for-end-to-yemen-violence-two-weeks-after-surgery"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Pope Leo addressed the faithful from a window overlooking St Peter's Square on Sunday, less than two weeks after undergoing surgery for lung cancer. The 71-year-old pontiff expressed his deep concern for the humanitarian crisis in Taiz, Yemen, where millions face a shortage of food, water, and medical aid. \"I am making a heartfelt appeal for the hostilities to cease, so that people in Yemen and across the entire region can live in peace,\" he declared. The Pope also offered his prayers for those killed and wounded in a terrorist attack at an Orthodox church in Jordan. He urged attendees to join a peace-promoting meeting in Assisi, Italy, scheduled for the following Tuesday. Notably, Pope Leo had a lower lobe of his right lung removed due to adenocarcinoma, the most common form of lung cancer, on October 13th. Doctors subsequently disclosed that no further treatment was necessary, suggesting the tumor had not metastasized.",
  "summary": "Pope Leo says he is also praying for those killed and wounded in the 'terrorist attack against Orthodox faithful' at Hamoud church in Jordan.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Pope Leo needs no further treatment after cancer surgery, doctors say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/pope-leo-needs-no-further-treatment-after-cancer-surgery-doctors-say",
        "published": "2026-10-21T23:20:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Pope Leo XIV cancels Assisi trip on doctors' advice as he recovers from surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/pope-leo-xiv-cancels-assisi-trip-on-doctors-advice-as-he-recovers",
        "published": "2026-10-23T09:52:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Pope Leo calls for Yemen violence to end, in address two weeks after surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/pope-leo-calls-for-yemen-violence-to-end-in-address-two-weeks-after",
        "published": "2026-10-25T13:46:36.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}