Leo Celebrates His First Anniversary as Pope With a Trip
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May 8, 2026
Pope Leo XIV spent the first anniversary of his election Friday by praying in the ancient city of Pompeii, commemorating a Marian feast day particularly important to him that coincided with the start of his pontificate. Leo traveled by helicopter to Pompeii, near Naples, for a daylong visit to mark...
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