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Pope Leo XIV to miss closing of Sant'Egidio peace meeting

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Catholic IntelligenceUpdated 1 min read

Pope Leo XIV will not attend the closing ceremony of the 2026 International Meeting for Peace in Assisi. KTO reports the Pope was expected to attend the event organized by the Community of Sant'Egidio but will remain absent to recover from surgery to remove a cancerous lung nodule.

The Pope will send a message to the participants. The closing ceremony takes place on Saint Francis Square and includes a reading of a joint appeal for peace by the participating leaders.

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