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Pope Leo XIV Meets Participants in the ‘Living Nativity’ - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV welcomes about 1,000 participants in the ‘Living Nativity’ at the Vatican on December 13, 2025. After their meeting with the Pope, the group processed to the Basilica of St. Mary Major in downtown Rome and celebrated Holy Mass. The Basilica of St. Mary Major is also known as the ‘Bethlehem of the West’ as the Holy Crib is preserved there. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets Participants in the ‘Living Nativity’ - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV welcomes about 1,000 participants in the ‘Living Nativity’ at the Vatican on December 13, 2025. After their meeting with the Pope, the group processed to the Basilica of St. Mary Major in downtown Rome and celebrated Holy Mass. The Basilica of St. Mary Major is also known as the ‘Bethlehem of the West’ as the Holy Crib is preserved there. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets Participants in the ‘Living Nativity’ - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV welcomes about 1,000 participants in the ‘Living Nativity’ at the Vatican on December 13, 2025. After their meeting with the Pope, the group processed to the Basilica of St. Mary Major in downtown Rome and celebrated Holy Mass. The Basilica of St. Mary Major is also known as the ‘Bethlehem of the West’ as the Holy Crib is preserved there. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets Participants in the ‘Living Nativity’ - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV welcomes about 1,000 participants in the ‘Living Nativity’ at the Vatican on December 13, 2025. After their meeting with the Pope, the group processed to the Basilica of St. Mary Major in downtown Rome and celebrated Holy Mass. The Basilica of St. Mary Major is also known as the ‘Bethlehem of the West’ as the Holy Crib is preserved there. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets Participants in the ‘Living Nativity’ - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV welcomes about 1,000 participants in the ‘Living Nativity’ at the Vatican on December 13, 2025. Right: Edgard Ivan Rimaycuna Inga, Pope’s private secretary. After their meeting with the Pope, the group processed to the Basilica of St. Mary Major in downtown Rome and celebrated Holy Mass. The Basilica of St. Mary Major is also known as the ‘Bethlehem of the West’ as the Holy Crib is preserved there. Photo by (EV) Matteo Pernaselci/ Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets Participants in the ‘Living Nativity’ - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV welcomes about 1,000 participants in the ‘Living Nativity’ at the Vatican on December 13, 2025. After their meeting with the Pope, the group processed to the Basilica of St. Mary Major in downtown Rome and celebrated Holy Mass. The Basilica of St. Mary Major is also known as the ‘Bethlehem of the West’ as the Holy Crib is preserved there. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Prays At Pope Francis’ Tomb - Rome

Pope Leo XIV paused in prayer in front of the tomb of his predecessor pope Francis in the Basilica of St. Mary Major (Santa Maria Maggiore) in Rome, Italy on November 3, 2025. Before heading to Castel Gandolfo for his customary weekly day of rest, Pope Leo XIV stopped at around 8:05 p.m. in the evening at the Basilica of St. Mary Major to pray before the tomb of Pope Francis. On the marble slab, where a white rose is always placed in memory of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, a constant spiritual presence in the life of the Argentine pontiff, Pope Leo laid a bouquet of white roses. It was a gesture of homage to his predecessor, buried between the Sforza Chapel and the Pauline Chapel. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Prays At Pope Francis’ Tomb - Rome

Pope Leo XIV paused in prayer in front of the tomb of his predecessor pope Francis in the Basilica of St. Mary Major (Santa Maria Maggiore) in Rome, Italy on November 3, 2025. Before heading to Castel Gandolfo for his customary weekly day of rest, Pope Leo XIV stopped at around 8:05 p.m. in the evening at the Basilica of St. Mary Major to pray before the tomb of Pope Francis. On the marble slab, where a white rose is always placed in memory of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, a constant spiritual presence in the life of the Argentine pontiff, Pope Leo laid a bouquet of white roses. It was a gesture of homage to his predecessor, buried between the Sforza Chapel and the Pauline Chapel. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Prays At Pope Francis’ Tomb - Rome

Pope Leo XIV paused in prayer in front of the tomb of his predecessor pope Francis in the Basilica of St. Mary Major (Santa Maria Maggiore) in Rome, Italy on November 3, 2025. Before heading to Castel Gandolfo for his customary weekly day of rest, Pope Leo XIV stopped at around 8:05 p.m. in the evening at the Basilica of St. Mary Major to pray before the tomb of Pope Francis. On the marble slab, where a white rose is always placed in memory of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, a constant spiritual presence in the life of the Argentine pontiff, Pope Leo laid a bouquet of white roses. It was a gesture of homage to his predecessor, buried between the Sforza Chapel and the Pauline Chapel. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Prays At Pope Francis’ Tomb - Rome

Pope Leo XIV paused in prayer in front of the icon of Salus Populi Romani in the Pauline Chapel, a Marian image beloved by his predecessor pope Francis in the Basilica of St. Mary Major (Santa Maria Maggiore) in Rome, Italy on November 3, 2025. Before heading to Castel Gandolfo for his customary weekly day of rest, Pope Leo XIV stopped at around 8:05 p.m. in the evening at the Basilica of St. Mary Major to pray before the tomb of Pope Francis. On the marble slab, where a white rose is always placed in memory of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, a constant spiritual presence in the life of the Argentine pontiff, Pope Leo laid a bouquet of white roses. It was a gesture of homage to his predecessor, buried between the Sforza Chapel and the Pauline Chapel. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACPRESS.COM

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