Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile in Via dei Condotti as he arrives to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception, near the Spanish steps in Rome, on December 8, 2025. Photo by ALESSIA GIULIANI/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile in Via dei Condotti as he arrives to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception, near the Spanish steps in Rome, on December 8, 2025. Photo by ALESSIA GIULIANI/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile in Via dei Condotti as he arrives to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception, near the Spanish steps in Rome, on December 8, 2025. Photo by ALESSIA GIULIANI/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile in Via dei Condotti as he arrives to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception, near the Spanish steps in Rome, on December 8, 2025. Photo by ALESSIA GIULIANI/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile in Via dei Condotti as he arrives to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception, near the Spanish steps in Rome, on December 8, 2025. Photo by ALESSIA GIULIANI/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile in Via dei Condotti as he arrives to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception, near the Spanish steps in Rome, on December 8, 2025. Photo by ALESSIA GIULIANI/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile in Via dei Condotti as he arrives to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception, near the Spanish steps in Rome, on December 8, 2025. Photo by ALESSIA GIULIANI/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile in Via dei Condotti as he arrives to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception, near the Spanish steps in Rome, on December 8, 2025. Photo by ALESSIA GIULIANI/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile in Via dei Condotti as he arrives to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception, near the Spanish steps in Rome, on December 8, 2025. Photo by ALESSIA GIULIANI/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile in Via dei Condotti as he arrives to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception, near the Spanish steps in Rome, on December 8, 2025. Photo by ALESSIA GIULIANI/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile in Via dei Condotti as he arrives to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception, near the Spanish steps in Rome, on December 8, 2025. Photo by ALESSIA GIULIANI/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile in Via dei Condotti as he arrives to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception, near the Spanish steps in Rome, on December 8, 2025. Photo by ALESSIA GIULIANI/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile in Via dei Condotti as he arrives to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception, near the Spanish steps in Rome, on December 8, 2025. Photo by ALESSIA GIULIANI/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile in Via dei Condotti as he arrives to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception, near the Spanish steps in Rome, on December 8, 2025. Photo by ALESSIA GIULIANI/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile in Via dei Condotti as he arrives to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception, near the Spanish steps in Rome, on December 8, 2025. Photo by ALESSIA GIULIANI/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile in Via dei Condotti as he arrives to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception, near the Spanish steps in Rome, on December 8, 2025. Photo by ALESSIA GIULIANI/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile in Via dei Condotti as he arrives to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception, near the Spanish steps in Rome, on December 8, 2025. Photo by ALESSIA GIULIANI/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile in Via dei Condotti as he arrives to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception, near the Spanish steps in Rome, on December 8, 2025. Photo by ALESSIA GIULIANI/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile in Via dei Condotti as he arrives to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception, near the Spanish steps in Rome, on December 8, 2025. Photo by ALESSIA GIULIANI/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Rome, Piazza di Spagna, celebration of the Immaculate Conception presided over by Pope Leo XIV, on December 8, 2025 in Rome, Italy. Photo by Stefano Carofei/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile in Via dei Condotti as he arrives to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception, near the Spanish steps in Rome, Italy, on December 8, 2025. Photo by Claudio Asquini/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile in Via dei Condotti as he arrives to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception, near the Spanish steps in Rome, Italy, on December 8, 2025. Photo by Claudio Asquini/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Rome, Piazza di Spagna, celebration of the Immaculate Conception presided over by Pope Leo XIV, on December 8, 2025 in Rome, Italy. Photo by Stefano Carofei/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Rome, Piazza di Spagna, celebration of the Immaculate Conception presided over by Pope Leo XIV. , on December 8, 2025 in Rome, Italy. Photo by Stefano Carofei/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Rome, Piazza di Spagna, celebration of the Immaculate Conception presided over by Pope Leo XIV. , on December 8, 2025 in Rome, Italy. Photo by Stefano Carofei/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Rome, Piazza di Spagna, celebration of the Immaculate Conception presided over by Pope Leo XIV, on December 8, 2025 in Rome, Italy. Photo by Stefano Carofei/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile in Via dei Condotti as he arrives to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception, near the Spanish steps in Rome, Italy, on December 8, 2025. Photo by Claudio Asquini/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Rome, Piazza di Spagna, celebration of the Immaculate Conception presided over by Pope Leo XIV. , on December 8, 2025 in Rome, Italy. Photo by Stefano Carofei/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Rome, Piazza di Spagna, celebration of the Immaculate Conception presided over by Pope Leo XIV. , on December 8, 2025 in Rome, Italy. Photo by Stefano Carofei/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile in Via dei Condotti as he arrives to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception, near the Spanish steps in Rome, Italy, on December 8, 2025. Photo by Claudio Asquini/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile in Via dei Condotti as he arrives to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception, near the Spanish steps in Rome, Italy, on December 8, 2025. Photo by Claudio Asquini/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile in Via dei Condotti as he arrives to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception, near the Spanish steps in Rome, Italy, on December 8, 2025. Photo by Claudio Asquini/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile in Via dei Condotti as he arrives to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception, near the Spanish steps in Rome, Italy, on December 8, 2025. Photo by Claudio Asquini/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Rome, Piazza di Spagna, celebration of the Immaculate Conception presided over by Pope Leo XIV, on December 8, 2025 in Rome, Italy. Photo by Stefano Carofei/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Rome, Piazza di Spagna, celebration of the Immaculate Conception presided over by Pope Leo XIV, on December 8, 2025 in Rome, Italy. Photo by Stefano Carofei/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Rome, Piazza di Spagna, celebration of the Immaculate Conception presided over by Pope Leo XIV, on December 8, 2025 in Rome, Italy. Photo by Stefano Carofei/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile in Via dei Condotti as he arrives to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception, near the Spanish steps in Rome, Italy, on December 8, 2025. Photo by Claudio Asquini/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV pays homage to the statue of the Immaculate Conception in the Piazza di Spagna in Rome, Italy on December 8, 2025. Continuing a decades-old tradition Pope Leo XIV prayed at the foot of the 12-meter column on top of which the figure of the Virgin Mary is placed. Photo by (EV) Matteo Pernaselci/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV greets Roberto Gualtieri, mayor of Rome, before paying homage to the statue of the Immaculate Conception in the Piazza di Spagna in Rome, Italy on December 8, 2025. Continuing a decades-old tradition Pope Leo XIV prayed at the foot of the 12-meter column on top of which the figure of the Virgin Mary is placed. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV pays homage to the statue of the Immaculate Conception in the Piazza di Spagna in Rome, Italy on December 8, 2025. Continuing a decades-old tradition Pope Leo XIV prayed at the foot of the 12-meter column on top of which the figure of the Virgin Mary is placed. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV pays homage to the statue of the Immaculate Conception in the Piazza di Spagna in Rome, Italy on December 8, 2025. Continuing a decades-old tradition Pope Leo XIV prayed at the foot of the 12-meter column on top of which the figure of the Virgin Mary is placed. Photo by (EV) Mario Tomassetti/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV pays homage to the statue of the Immaculate Conception in the Piazza di Spagna in Rome, Italy on December 8, 2025. Continuing a decades-old tradition Pope Leo XIV prayed at the foot of the 12-meter column on top of which the figure of the Virgin Mary is placed. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV pays homage to the statue of the Immaculate Conception in the Piazza di Spagna in Rome, Italy on December 8, 2025. Continuing a decades-old tradition Pope Leo XIV prayed at the foot of the 12-meter column on top of which the figure of the Virgin Mary is placed. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV pays homage to the statue of the Immaculate Conception in the Piazza di Spagna in Rome, Italy on December 8, 2025. Continuing a decades-old tradition Pope Leo XIV prayed at the foot of the 12-meter column on top of which the figure of the Virgin Mary is placed. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV pays homage to the statue of the Immaculate Conception in the Piazza di Spagna in Rome, Italy on December 8, 2025. Continuing a decades-old tradition Pope Leo XIV prayed at the foot of the 12-meter column on top of which the figure of the Virgin Mary is placed. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV pays homage to the statue of the Immaculate Conception in the Piazza di Spagna in Rome, Italy on December 8, 2025. Continuing a decades-old tradition Pope Leo XIV prayed at the foot of the 12-meter column on top of which the figure of the Virgin Mary is placed. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV pays homage to the statue of the Immaculate Conception in the Piazza di Spagna in Rome, Italy on December 8, 2025. Continuing a decades-old tradition Pope Leo XIV prayed at the foot of the 12-meter column on top of which the figure of the Virgin Mary is placed. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV pays homage to the statue of the Immaculate Conception in the Piazza di Spagna in Rome, Italy on December 8, 2025. Continuing a decades-old tradition Pope Leo XIV prayed at the foot of the 12-meter column on top of which the figure of the Virgin Mary is placed. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV pays homage to the statue of the Immaculate Conception in the Piazza di Spagna in Rome, Italy on December 8, 2025. Continuing a decades-old tradition Pope Leo XIV prayed at the foot of the 12-meter column on top of which the figure of the Virgin Mary is placed. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV's Traditional Homage To The Immaculate Conception - Rome

Pope Leo XIV pays homage to the statue of the Immaculate Conception in the Piazza di Spagna in Rome, Italy on December 8, 2025. Continuing a decades-old tradition Pope Leo XIV prayed at the foot of the 12-meter column on top of which the figure of the Virgin Mary is placed. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM