Abby Strelow

Abby Strelow is a student in the Class of 2028 at the University of Notre Dame. She studies theology, the Program of Liberal Studies, and Italian and is the executive editor for a student newspaper. Her past freelance work includes pieces for the National Catholic Register, EWTN News and the Indianapolis Star. She is originally from South Carolina.

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Faithful cheer as Pope Leo XIV appears in a window of the Apostolic Palace over St. Peter's Square in his first public event since his cancer surgery, at the Vatican, Oct. 18, 2026. (OSV News/Reuters/Matteo Minnella)

Pope Leo relieves and surprises Rome pilgrims at first public event after surgery

Pope Leo XIV's early discharge from the hospital gave 15,000 pilgrims who packed into St. Peter's Square under overcast skies their chance to see the pope on Oct. 18.

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