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While Leo Recovers From Lung Surgery, the Church Runs on Autopilot

The Vatican bureaucracy has been fine-tuned over hundreds of years to function smoothly even when the pope cannot.

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Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Wednesday. The service was held by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle in Pope Leo’s absence, and included special prayers for the pontiff’s health.

He Helped Discover Ebola 50 Years Ago. He’s Still Worried.

In an interview, Dr. Peter Piot recalled when he first saw the spindly virus under a microscope and reflected on a five-decade career spent fighting two deadly pathogens.

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Dr. Peter Piot was the first scientist to identify the Ebola virus as a young researcher in Belgium in 1976.
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