Overview

• Students from Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy attended Wednesday’s general audience and were invited to greet Pope Leo XIV afterward.
• Video shows the pope shaking hands with the children and briefly trying on fourth-grader Auggie Wilk’s white zucchetto before returning it.
• The group wore their handmade cardinal costumes and was seated near the front of St. Peter’s Square during the audience.
• Cardinal Blase Cupich accompanied the students during his visit to Rome marking his 50th year as a priest.
• The weeklong pilgrimage included visits to major religious and cultural sites such as Saint Paul Outside the Walls and Assisi, organized by parish families with fundraising to ensure full participation.