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Today — 15 October 2026Main stream

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

✇NYT - World
By: Elisabetta Povoledo
15 October 2026 at 04:01
The Vatican bureaucracy has been fine-tuned over hundreds of years to function smoothly even when the pope cannot.

© Stoyan Nenov/Reuters

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.

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

✇NYT - Home Page
By: Elisabetta Povoledo
15 October 2026 at 04:01
The Vatican bureaucracy has been fine-tuned over hundreds of years to function smoothly even when the pope cannot.

© Stoyan Nenov/Reuters

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.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Pope Leo Has Lung Cancer, Vatican Says

✇NYT - Home Page
By: Elisabetta Povoledo
13 October 2026 at 21:55
The surgeons removed the lower lobe of the pope’s right lung after finding a cancerous nodule.

© Alessandra Tarantino/Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV arriving at the Policlinico A. Gemelli hospital in Rome on Tuesday.

Pope Leo Has Lung Cancer, Vatican Says

✇NYT - World
By: Elisabetta Povoledo
14 October 2026 at 07:27
The surgeons removed the lower lobe of the pope’s right lung after finding a cancerous nodule.

© Alessandra Tarantino/Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV arriving at the Policlinico A. Gemelli hospital in Rome on Tuesday.

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

✇NYT - Home Page
By: Apoorva Mandavilli
12 October 2026 at 09:02
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.

© Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times

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

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

✇NYT - World
By: Apoorva Mandavilli
12 October 2026 at 09:02
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.

© Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times

Dr. Peter Piot was among the first scientists to see the Ebola virus, as a young researcher in Belgium in 1976.

Pope Leo Will Have Surgery to Remove Growth on Lung

✇NYT - World
By: Elisabetta Povoledo
11 October 2026 at 12:55
A recent medical examination found a small nodule, he announced, adding that doctors would remove it this week.

© Gregorio Borgia/Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV mentioned the planned surgery while speaking in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sunday.

A week with Googlebooks: four notes from our testing so far

✇The Verge
By: Antonio G. Di Benedetto David Pierce Stevie Bonifield Dominic Preston
9 October 2026 at 13:36
An HP Googlebook 14 laptop with the Android Play Store open.
Software, software, software. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge

Google's new operating system is off to a rocky start. The five newly launched Googlebook laptops have hardware that ranges from great to excellent, but the software in its current state is the weak point. There are four of us on staff at The Verge actively testing Googlebooks and, frankly, our internal Slack discussions have been mostly filled with collective venting of frustrations, disappointments, and bewilderment.

The promise of Googlebooks as a fresh and smartly designed alternative to Windows or Mac for Android phone owners sounds great, but there's more than just a few kinks and quirks to work out. Some of its issues and challenges …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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