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Pope Leo XIV Visits Assisi - Italy

Pope Leo XIV Visits Assisi - Italy

Pope Leo XIV greets cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi (President of the Italian Episcopal Conference) during the meeting with the bishops of the Italian Episcopal Conference at the close of their 81st General Assembly. in the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi, Italy on November 20, 2025. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Assisi - Italy

Pope Leo XIV Visits Assisi - Italy

Pope Leo XIV closes the 81st General Assembly of the Italian Bishops' Conference (CEI) in the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi, Italy on November 20, 2025. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Assisi - Italy

Pope Leo XIV Visits Assisi - Italy

Pope Leo XIV closes the 81st General Assembly of the Italian Bishops' Conference (CEI) in the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi, Italy on November 20, 2025. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Assisi - Italy

Pope Leo XIV Visits Assisi - Italy

Pope Leo XIV closes the 81st General Assembly of the Italian Bishops' Conference (CEI) in the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi, Italy on November 20, 2025. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Assisi - Italy

Pope Leo XIV Visits Assisi - Italy

Pope Leo XIV closes the 81st General Assembly of the Italian Bishops' Conference (CEI) in the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi, Italy on November 20, 2025. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Assisi - Italy

Pope Leo XIV Visits Assisi - Italy

Pope Leo XIV closes the 81st General Assembly of the Italian Bishops' Conference (CEI) in the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi, Italy on November 20, 2025. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Assisi - Italy

Pope Leo XIV Visits Assisi - Italy

Pope Leo XIV closes the 81st General Assembly of the Italian Bishops' Conference (CEI) in the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi, Italy on November 20, 2025. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Assisi - Italy

Pope Leo XIV Visits Assisi - Italy

Pope Leo XIV visits the tomb of St Francis in the basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi, Italy on November 20, 2025. It was the first stop on the Pope’s visit to the central Italian town, where he met with the bishops of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI) at the close of their 81st General Assembly. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Assisi - Italy

Pope Leo XIV Visits Assisi - Italy

Pope Leo XIV closes the 81st General Assembly of the Italian Bishops' Conference (CEI) in the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi, Italy on November 20, 2025. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Assisi - Italy

Pope Leo XIV Visits Assisi - Italy

Pope Leo XIV visits the tomb of St Francis in the basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi, Italy on November 20, 2025. It was the first stop on the Pope’s visit to the central Italian town, where he met with the bishops of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI) at the close of their 81st General Assembly. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Assisi - Italy

Pope Leo XIV Visits Assisi - Italy

Pope Leo XIV visits the tomb of St Francis in the basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi, Italy on November 20, 2025. It was the first stop on the Pope’s visit to the central Italian town, where he met with the bishops of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI) at the close of their 81st General Assembly. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Assisi - Italy

Pope Leo XIV Visits Assisi - Italy

Pope Leo XIV visits the tomb of St Francis in the basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi, Italy on November 20, 2025. It was the first stop on the Pope’s visit to the central Italian town, where he met with the bishops of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI) at the close of their 81st General Assembly. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Assisi - Italy

Pope Leo XIV Visits Assisi - Italy

Pope Leo XIV closes the 81st General Assembly of the Italian Bishops' Conference (CEI) in the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi, Italy on November 20, 2025. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Massive Pro-Palestine Rally - Rome

Massive Pro-Palestine Rally - Rome

Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators rallied in piazza San Giovanni, near the big statue of Saint Francis of Assisi, in Rome, Italy on October 4, 2025, voicing outrage over Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza and criticizing Italy’s support for Tel Aviv. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Massive Pro-Palestine Rally - Rome

Massive Pro-Palestine Rally - Rome

Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators rallied in piazza San Giovanni, near the big statue of Saint Francis of Assisi, in Rome, Italy on October 4, 2025, voicing outrage over Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza and criticizing Italy’s support for Tel Aviv. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Massive Pro-Palestine Rally - Rome

Massive Pro-Palestine Rally - Rome

Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators rallied in piazza San Giovanni, near the big statue of Saint Francis of Assisi, in Rome, Italy on October 4, 2025, voicing outrage over Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza and criticizing Italy’s support for Tel Aviv. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Massive Pro-Palestine Rally - Rome

Massive Pro-Palestine Rally - Rome

Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators rallied in piazza San Giovanni, near the big statue of Saint Francis of Assisi, in Rome, Italy on October 4, 2025, voicing outrage over Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza and criticizing Italy’s support for Tel Aviv. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Massive Pro-Palestine Rally - Rome

Massive Pro-Palestine Rally - Rome

Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators rallied in piazza San Giovanni, near the big statue of Saint Francis of Assisi, in Rome, Italy on October 4, 2025, voicing outrage over Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza and criticizing Italy’s support for Tel Aviv. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Massive Pro-Palestine Rally - Rome

Massive Pro-Palestine Rally - Rome

Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators rallied in piazza San Giovanni, near the big statue of Saint Francis of Assisi, in Rome, Italy on October 4, 2025, voicing outrage over Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza and criticizing Italy’s support for Tel Aviv. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Massive Pro-Palestine Rally - Rome

Massive Pro-Palestine Rally - Rome

Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators rallied in piazza San Giovanni, near the big statue of Saint Francis of Assisi, in Rome, Italy on October 4, 2025, voicing outrage over Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza and criticizing Italy’s support for Tel Aviv. A man holds a painting representing Donald Trump feeding Benjamin Netanyahu with the blood of Palestinians. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Signs His First Apostolic Exhortation Dilexi Te - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Signs His First Apostolic Exhortation Dilexi Te - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV signs his Apostolic Exhortation Dilexi te in the presence of Archbishop Edgar Pena Parra, Substitute for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State, in the private library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican on October 4, 2025. An apostolic exhortation is a magisterial document written by the pope. Signed on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the document is Pope Leo's first apostolic exhortation. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Signs His First Apostolic Exhortation Dilexi Te - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Signs His First Apostolic Exhortation Dilexi Te - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV signs his Apostolic Exhortation Dilexi te in the private library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican on October 4, 2025. An apostolic exhortation is a magisterial document written by the pope. Signed on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the document is Pope Leo's first apostolic exhortation. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

San Francesco celebration with prime minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni, in Perugia, Assisi, Italy, on October 4, 2025. Photo by Roberto Settonce/LaPresse/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

San Francesco celebration with prime minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni, in Perugia, Assisi, Italy, on October 4, 2025. Photo by Roberto Settonce/LaPresse/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

San Francesco celebration with prime minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni, in Perugia, Assisi, Italy, on October 4, 2025. Photo by Roberto Settonce/LaPresse/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

San Francesco celebration with prime minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni, in Perugia, Assisi, Italy, on October 4, 2025. Photo by Roberto Settonce/LaPresse/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

San Francesco celebration with prime minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni, in Perugia, Assisi, Italy, on October 4, 2025. Photo by Roberto Settonce/LaPresse/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

San Francesco celebration with prime minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni, in Perugia, Assisi, Italy, on October 4, 2025. Photo by Roberto Settonce/LaPresse/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

San Francesco celebration with prime minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni, in Perugia, Assisi, Italy, on October 4, 2025. Photo by Roberto Settonce/LaPresse/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

San Francesco celebration with prime minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni, in Perugia, Assisi, Italy, on October 4, 2025. Photo by Roberto Settonce/LaPresse/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

San Francesco celebration with prime minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni, in Perugia, Assisi, Italy, on October 4, 2025. Photo by Roberto Settonce/LaPresse/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

San Francesco celebration with prime minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni, in Perugia, Assisi, Italy, on October 4, 2025. Photo by Roberto Settonce/LaPresse/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

San Francesco celebration with prime minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni, in Assisi, Perugia, Italy, on October 4, 2025. Photo by Roberto Settonce/LaPresse/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

San Francesco celebration with prime minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni, in Assisi, Perugia, Italy, on October 4, 2025. Photo by Roberto Settonce/LaPresse/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

San Francesco celebration with prime minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni, in Assisi, Perugia, Italy, on October 4, 2025. Photo by Roberto Settonce/LaPresse/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

San Francesco celebration with prime minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni, in Assisi, Perugia, Italy, on October 4, 2025. Photo by Roberto Settonce/LaPresse/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

San Francesco celebration with prime minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni, in Assisi, Perugia, Italy, on October 4, 2025. Photo by Roberto Settonce/LaPresse/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

San Francesco celebration with prime minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni, in Assisi, Perugia, Italy, on October 4, 2025. Photo by Roberto Settonce/LaPresse/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

San Francesco celebration with prime minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni, in Assisi, Perugia, Italy, on October 4, 2025. Photo by Roberto Settonce/LaPresse/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At San Francesco Celebration - Assisi

San Francesco celebration with prime minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni, in Assisi, Perugia, Italy, on October 4, 2025. Photo by Roberto Settonce/LaPresse/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. BURGUNDY. YONNE (89) VEZELAY: FACADE OF THE SAINTE MARIE MADELEINE BASILICA. FAMOUS FOR ITS BASILICA (A MASTERPIECE OF ROMANESQUE ART) AND A HIGH PLACE OF CHRISTIANITY, THE SITE, PERCHED ON A HILL, WAS AN ESSENTIAL STOPOVER FOR PILGRIMS ON THEIR WAY TO SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA AND IS LISTED AS A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE SINCE 1979. SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI FOUNDED THE FIRST FRANCISCAN MONASTERY IN FRANCE HERE. THE ABBEY HAS BEEN KNOWN THROUGHOUT EUROPE SINCE THE 11TH CENTURY FOR HOUSING THE RELICS OF SAINT MADELEINE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. BURGUNDY. YONNE (89) VEZELAY: AERIAL VIEW OF THE ETERNAL HILL AND THE VILLAGE FROM THE WEST. IN THE BACKGROUND, THE BASILICA OF SAINTE MARIE MADELEINE. FAMOUS FOR ITS BASILICA (A MASTERPIECE OF ROMANESQUE ART) AND A HIGH PLACE OF CHRISTIANITY, THE SITE, PERCHED ON A HILL, WAS AN ESSENTIAL STOPOVER FOR PILGRIMS ON THEIR WAY TO SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA AND IS LISTED AS A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE SINCE 1979. SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI FOUNDED THE FIRST FRANCISCAN MONASTERY IN FRANCE HERE. THE ABBEY HAS BEEN KNOWN THROUGHOUT EUROPE SINCE THE 11TH CENTURY FOR HOUSING THE RELICS OF SAINT MADELEINE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Funeral Of Pope Francis - Vatican

Funeral Of Pope Francis - Vatican

A general view during the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square on April 26, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Francis died on April 21st at the age of 88. Born in Argentina as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, he was the first Latin American and the first Jesuit to become Pope when elected in 2013. Taking the name Francis after St Francis of Assisi, he promoted a more humble version of the papacy than many of his predecessors. He will be buried outside of the Vatican in a simple wooden coffin at the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore. Photo by Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Funeral Of Pope Francis - Vatican

Funeral Of Pope Francis - Vatican

France's First Lady Brigitte Macron, France's President Emmanuel Macron, US President Donald Trump and US First Lady Melania Trump arrive at the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square on April 26, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Francis died on April 21st at the age of 88. Born in Argentina as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, he was the first Latin American and the first Jesuit to become Pope when elected in 2013. Taking the name Francis after St Francis of Assisi, he promoted a more humble version of the papacy than many of his predecessors. He will be buried outside of the Vatican in a simple wooden coffin at the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore. Photo by Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Funeral Of Pope Francis - Vatican

Funeral Of Pope Francis - Vatican

A general view during the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square on April 26, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Francis died on April 21st at the age of 88. Born in Argentina as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, he was the first Latin American and the first Jesuit to become Pope when elected in 2013. Taking the name Francis after St Francis of Assisi, he promoted a more humble version of the papacy than many of his predecessors. He will be buried outside of the Vatican in a simple wooden coffin at the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore. Photo by Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Funeral Of Pope Francis - Vatican

Funeral Of Pope Francis - Vatican

Delegates attend the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square on April 26, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Francis died on April 21st at the age of 88. Born in Argentina as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, he was the first Latin American and the first Jesuit to become Pope when elected in 2013. Taking the name Francis after St Francis of Assisi, he promoted a more humble version of the papacy than many of his predecessors. He will be buried outside of the Vatican in a simple wooden coffin at the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore. Photo by Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Funeral Of Pope Francis - Vatican

Funeral Of Pope Francis - Vatican

US President Donald Trump and US First Lady Melania Trump arrive at the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square on April 26, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Francis died on April 21st at the age of 88. Born in Argentina as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, he was the first Latin American and the first Jesuit to become Pope when elected in 2013. Taking the name Francis after St Francis of Assisi, he promoted a more humble version of the papacy than many of his predecessors. He will be buried outside of the Vatican in a simple wooden coffin at the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore. Photo by Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Burial of Pope Francis At Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica - Rome

Burial of Pope Francis At Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica - Rome

The coffin of Pope Francis is transported to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore for burial on April 26, 2025 in Rome, Italy. Pope Francis died on April 21st, aged 88. Anointed in 2013, Argentinian Jorge Mario Bergoglio was the first Latin American and Jesuit Pope. Taking the name Francis after St Francis of Assisi, he was a more humble Pope than many of his predecessors and will be buried outside of the Vatican in a simple wooden coffin at the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore. April 26, 2025. Photo by CatholicPressPhoto/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Burial of Pope Francis At Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica - Rome

Burial of Pope Francis At Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica - Rome

Members of the clergy and a representative group described by the Vatican as the "poor and needy" welcome the coffin of Pope Francis as it is carried by pallbearers into the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore on April 26, 2025 in Rome, Italy. Pope Francis died on April 21st, aged 88. Anointed in 2013, Argentinian Jorge Mario Bergoglio was the first Latin American and Jesuit Pope. Taking the name Francis after St Francis of Assisi, he was a more humble Pope than many of his predecessors and will be buried outside of the Vatican in a simple wooden coffin at the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore. April 26, 2026. Photo by CatholicPressPhoto/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Burial of Pope Francis At Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica - Rome

Burial of Pope Francis At Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica - Rome

The coffin of Pope Francis is carried by pallbearers into the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore on April 26, 2025 in Rome, Italy. Pope Francis died on April 21st, aged 88. Anointed in 2013, Argentinian Jorge Mario Bergoglio was the first Latin American and Jesuit Pope. Taking the name Francis after St Francis of Assisi, he was a more humble Pope than many of his predecessors and will be buried outside of the Vatican in a simple wooden coffin at the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore. Photo by CatholicPressPhoto/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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