Bishops from around the world offered prayers for the health of Pope Leo XIV as he prepared for surgery to remove a lung nodule.
Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Peruvian President Keiko Sofía Fujimori Higuchi, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also published messages of prayer or support, as did Dame Sarah Mullally, the Anglican primate.