Have you heard of Pope Leo XIV?
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Pope Leo XIV
Ricardo Stuckert, CC BY-SA 4.0267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–).
Rising in 28 countries since Thursday, 15 October 2026. Today: 13 countries.
- rising today
- 13
- at the peak
- 20 on 15 Oct
- first rising
- 15 Oct
- days rising
- 16
Why it’s rising AI-generated
Pope Leo XIV, head of the Catholic Church, has lung cancer, AP News reports. Reading about him rose in 39 countries from 11 October.
Based on AP News (Austria)
Written by an AI model from the data on this page and checked automatically against it. It can still contain mistakes. How these notes are written and checked.
Day by day
Countries where it was rising, each day
| Day | Countries |
|---|---|
| 13 Nov | 13 |
| 12 Nov | 13 |
| 11 Nov | 10 |
| 10 Nov | 6 |
| 9 Nov | 6 |
| 8 Nov | 0 |
| 7 Nov | 5 |
| 6 Nov | 3 |
| 5 Nov | 2 |
| 4 Nov | 2 |
| 3 Nov | 0 |
| 2 Nov | 1 |
| 1 Nov | 0 |
| 31 Oct | 0 |
| 30 Oct | 0 |
| 29 Oct | 0 |
| 28 Oct | 0 |
| 27 Oct | 0 |
| 26 Oct | 0 |
| 25 Oct | 0 |
| 24 Oct | 0 |
| 23 Oct | 1 |
| 22 Oct | 1 |
| 21 Oct | 0 |
| 20 Oct | 0 |
| 19 Oct | 4 |
| 18 Oct | 12 |
| 17 Oct | 13 |
| 16 Oct | 0 |
| 15 Oct | 20 |
How it spread
Each row is a country, in the order it started rising; each square is a day it was rising there. This is the order it appeared in, not a chain of cause.
In the news
- Pope Leo XIV returns to his adopted home and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean
toronto.citynews.ca · Argentina · 13 Nov · found by GDELT - Los jóvenes acuden en masa al llamado del papa León XIV en Perú para "tener más esperanza"
eldeber.com.bo · Bolivia · 13 Nov · found by GDELT - Papa Leão XIV pede 'reparação' diante dos abusos cometidos na Igreja em discurso a bispos no Peru
O GLOBO · Brazil · via Google Trends - No Peru, papa prega para 3 milhões contra o machismo e pede reparação às vítimas de abuso da IgrejaEstadão · Brazil · 13 Nov · via Google Trends
- Papa Leão aos agentes públicos: “Amar um povo é desejar que todos possam viver com dignidade”Instituto Humanitas Unisinos - IHU · Brazil · 13 Nov · via Google Trends
- "I am home here": the most intimate sentiment expressed by Pope Leo XIV upon his long-awaited return to Peru
Exaudi · Uruguay · 13 Nov · via Google Trends - A Cancer Revolution
The New York Times · Austria · 23 Oct · via Google Trends - Pope’s surgeon: No clinical reason to cancel visit to South AmericaVatican News · Austria · 23 Oct · via Google Trends
Headlines from countries where it rose, found by Google Trends and GDELT. Each links to its publisher; we show only the headline.
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