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Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center

Pope Leo XIV visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center outside of Rome, Italy on June 19, 2025. On the anniversary of his priestly ordination, Pope Leo XIV visited Santa Maria di Galeria, in the extraterritorial zone where the shortwave transmission center of Vatican Radio, part of the Dicastery for Communication, is located. He met with the staff of the center, conversed with them, visited the transmitter hall designed by architect Pier Luigi Nervi, and sat in the control room for shortwave transmissions. The Radio Center was inaugurated by Pope Pius XII in 1957, and the last time a Pope visited the Center and the area of Santa Maria di Galeria, was when Pope St. John Paul II did so in 1991. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center

Pope Leo XIV visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center outside of Rome, Italy on June 19, 2025. On the anniversary of his priestly ordination, Pope Leo XIV visited Santa Maria di Galeria, in the extraterritorial zone where the shortwave transmission center of Vatican Radio, part of the Dicastery for Communication, is located. He met with the staff of the center, conversed with them, visited the transmitter hall designed by architect Pier Luigi Nervi, and sat in the control room for shortwave transmissions. The Radio Center was inaugurated by Pope Pius XII in 1957, and the last time a Pope visited the Center and the area of Santa Maria di Galeria, was when Pope St. John Paul II did so in 1991. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center

Pope Leo XIV visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center outside of Rome, Italy on June 19, 2025. On the anniversary of his priestly ordination, Pope Leo XIV visited Santa Maria di Galeria, in the extraterritorial zone where the shortwave transmission center of Vatican Radio, part of the Dicastery for Communication, is located. He met with the staff of the center, conversed with them, visited the transmitter hall designed by architect Pier Luigi Nervi, and sat in the control room for shortwave transmissions. The Radio Center was inaugurated by Pope Pius XII in 1957, and the last time a Pope visited the Center and the area of Santa Maria di Galeria, was when Pope St. John Paul II did so in 1991. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center

Pope Leo XIV visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center outside of Rome, Italy on June 19, 2025. On the anniversary of his priestly ordination, Pope Leo XIV visited Santa Maria di Galeria, in the extraterritorial zone where the shortwave transmission center of Vatican Radio, part of the Dicastery for Communication, is located. He met with the staff of the center, conversed with them, visited the transmitter hall designed by architect Pier Luigi Nervi, and sat in the control room for shortwave transmissions. The Radio Center was inaugurated by Pope Pius XII in 1957, and the last time a Pope visited the Center and the area of Santa Maria di Galeria, was when Pope St. John Paul II did so in 1991. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center

Pope Leo XIV visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center outside of Rome, Italy on June 19, 2025. On the anniversary of his priestly ordination, Pope Leo XIV visited Santa Maria di Galeria, in the extraterritorial zone where the shortwave transmission center of Vatican Radio, part of the Dicastery for Communication, is located. He met with the staff of the center, conversed with them, visited the transmitter hall designed by architect Pier Luigi Nervi, and sat in the control room for shortwave transmissions. The Radio Center was inaugurated by Pope Pius XII in 1957, and the last time a Pope visited the Center and the area of Santa Maria di Galeria, was when Pope St. John Paul II did so in 1991. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center

Pope Leo XIV visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center outside of Rome, Italy on June 19, 2025. On the anniversary of his priestly ordination, Pope Leo XIV visited Santa Maria di Galeria, in the extraterritorial zone where the shortwave transmission center of Vatican Radio, part of the Dicastery for Communication, is located. He met with the staff of the center, conversed with them, visited the transmitter hall designed by architect Pier Luigi Nervi, and sat in the control room for shortwave transmissions. The Radio Center was inaugurated by Pope Pius XII in 1957, and the last time a Pope visited the Center and the area of Santa Maria di Galeria, was when Pope St. John Paul II did so in 1991. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center

Pope Leo XIV visits Vatican Radio Transmission Center outside of Rome, Italy on June 19, 2025. On the anniversary of his priestly ordination, Pope Leo XIV visited Santa Maria di Galeria, in the extraterritorial zone where the shortwave transmission center of Vatican Radio, part of the Dicastery for Communication, is located. He met with the staff of the center, conversed with them, visited the transmitter hall designed by architect Pier Luigi Nervi, and sat in the control room for shortwave transmissions. The Radio Center was inaugurated by Pope Pius XII in 1957, and the last time a Pope visited the Center and the area of Santa Maria di Galeria, was when Pope St. John Paul II did so in 1991. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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