{"id":21769,"date":"2026-10-16T08:08:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T00:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=21769"},"modified":"2026-10-16T08:10:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T00:10:58","slug":"president-marcos-joins-prayers-for-pope-leo-xivs-full-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/10\/16\/president-marcos-joins-prayers-for-pope-leo-xivs-full-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"PRESIDENT MARCOS JOINS PRAYERS FOR POPE LEO XIV\u2019S FULL RECOVERY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday joined Catholics around the world in praying for the swift and full recovery of Pope Leo XIV following his successful lung surgery in Rome.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a statement, President Marcos expressed his solidarity with the Catholic faithful and conveyed his hopes for the pontiff\u2019s return to good health.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe entire Filipino nation joins the Catholic faithful around the world in praying for the swift and full recovery of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV,\u201d President Marcos said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe look forward to his return to good health and to his continued spiritual leadership, guidance and blessings for the faithful,\u201d the President added.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pope Leo XIV, 71, underwent surgery on Tuesday to remove a lung nodule.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to the Vatican, the operation was successful and his \u201crecovery is proceeding as planned.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, the Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has called on Filipino Catholics to offer prayers and masses for the Pope\u2019s healing and recovery.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pontiff, was elected head of the Roman Catholic Church on May 8, 2025, succeeding the late Pope Francis. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday joined Catholics around the world in praying for the swift and full recovery of Pope Leo XIV following<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pope-leo.jpg",551,464,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pope-leo-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pope-leo-300x253.jpg",300,253,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pope-leo.jpg",551,464,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pope-leo.jpg",551,464,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pope-leo.jpg",551,464,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pope-leo.jpg",551,464,false],"kreeti-slider-full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pope-leo.jpg",551,464,false],"kreeti-featured":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pope-leo.jpg",551,464,false],"kreeti-medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pope-leo.jpg",551,464,false],"kreeti-medium-square":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pope-leo-350x350.jpg",350,350,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/category\/national\/\" rel=\"category tag\">National<\/a>","tag_info":"National","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21769"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21771,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21769\/revisions\/21771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}