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Pope Leo XIV Revives Full Colosseum Via Crucis, Carrying Cross at All 14 Stations

The rare step signals a hands-on papacy focused on peace through moral responsibility.

Pope Leo XIV Washes Feet of Twelve Priests at Lateran Basilica

Pope Leo XIV Restores Cathedral Foot-Washing With Rite for 12 Priests on Holy Thursday

Pope Leo XIV Ends First Papal Visit to Monaco in 488 Years With Call to Use Wealth for the Common Good

Pope Leo XIV Baptizes 20 Infants in Sistine Chapel Tradition

Pope Leo XIV Marks First Christmas With Ceasefire Appeal and Restored Midnight Mass

Vatican Lights St. Peter’s Tree and Nativity as Pope Condemns Sydney Antisemitic Attack

Pope Leo XIV Marks Immaculate Conception With Call to ‘Say Yes’ and Prayer for Peace

Pope Leo XIV Calls for Peace and Nonviolence at Rome’s Immaculate Conception Veneration

CBS Reporter Gifts Pope Leo a Nellie Fox Bat on Flight to Turkey

Pope Leo XIV Receives Purebred Arabian Horse ‘Proton’ at the Vatican

Jordan’s King Abdullah and Queen Rania Hold First Audience With Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Plans Augustinian Household in Apostolic Palace as Renovations Delay Move

Pope Leo XIV Returns to Castel Gandolfo for Six-Week Summer Retreat

Pope Leo XIV Resumes Papal Summer Retreat at Castel Gandolfo

Pope León XIV Returns to Castel Gandolfo for Two-Week Summer Retreat

Pope Leo XIV Returns to Castel Gandolfo for Summer Retreat

Pope Leo XIV Begins Summer Retreat at Castel Gandolfo

Pope Leo XIV to Spend July at Castel Gandolfo, Halting Vatican Audiences

Pope Leo XIV's Inauguration Highlights Historic Papal Traditions