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Pope Leo XIV Leads The General Audience - Vatican

Popes Leo XIV greets British supermodel and actress Naomi Campbell at the end of the weekly general audience at St. Peter square in the Vatican on November 12, 2025. She offered to the pope a book: ‘La Via delle Spezie’. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV In The Crypt Of The Popes On All Souls Day - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV prays in front of the tomb of pope Paul VI for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed in the crypt of Saint Peter’s basilica, Vatican on November 2, 2025. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV In The Crypt Of The Popes On All Souls Day - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV prays in front of the tomb of pope Benedict XVI for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed in the crypt of Saint Peter’s basilica, Vatican on November 2, 2025. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV In The Crypt Of The Popes On All Souls Day - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV prays in front in the chapel Clementine for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed in the crypt of Saint Peter’s basilica, Vatican on November 2, 2025. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV In The Crypt Of The Popes On All Souls Day - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV prays in front of the tomb of pope John Paul I for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed in the crypt of Saint Peter’s basilica, Vatican on November 2, 2025. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV In The Crypt Of The Popes On All Souls Day - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV prays in front of the tomb of Saint Peter for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed in the crypt of Saint Peter’s basilica, Vatican on November 2, 2025. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY. ROME. VATICAN: AERIAL VIEW OF THE SQUARE (DEPTH 320 M., DIAMETER 240 M.) AND SAINT PETER'S BASILICA (136 M. HIGH) SEEN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. IN THE BACKGROUND ON THE LEFT, THE APOSTOLIC PALACE (WHICH HOUSES THE PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL APARTMENTS OF ALL THE POPES, EXCEPT FRANCIS WHO LIVES IN THE SAINTE MARTHE RESIDENCE), BERNINI'S COLONNADE (284 COLUMNS, 88 PILLARS AND 140 MARBLE STATUES OF SAINTS) AND THE OBELISK OF NERO, ERECTED BY DOMENICO FONTANA IN THE CENTER OF THE SQUARE. IN THE BACKGROUND, VIA DELLA CONCILIAZIONE (LENGTH 480 M., WIDTH 50 M.) Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - SAINT PETER'S SQUARE: NORTH BERNINI COLONNADE (284 COLUMNS, 88 PILLARS AND 140 STATUES OF SAINTS IN MARBLE), ON SAINT PETER'S SQUARE (DEPTH 320 M., DIAMETER 240 M.). ON SECOND GROUND LEFT, THE FOUNTAIN OF MADERNO. ON BACKGROUND LEFT, ST. PETER'S BASILICA (136 METERS HIGH), THE LOGGIAS OF BRAMANTE AND RAPHAEL, AND THE APOSTOLIC PALACE, WHICH HOUSES THE PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL APARTMENTS OF ALL POPES, EXCEPT FRANCIS, WHO LIVES IN ST. MARTHA'S RESIDENCE. TO THE LEFT OF THE LOGGIAS OF BRAMANTE AND RAPHAEL, THE GIANT MOSAIC OF THE VIRGIN AND THE CHILD. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN : AERIAL VIEW FROM THE SOUTH EAST. ON FOREGROUND, THE AUDIENCE HALL AND THE PALACE OF SAINT OFFICE. ION BACKGROUND, ST. PETER'S SQUARE (DEPTH 320 M., DIAMETER 240 M.), THE OBELISK OF NERO (ERECTED BY DOMENICO FONTANA), IN THE CENTER OF THE SQUARE, THE COLONNADE OF BERNINI (284 COLUMNS, 88 PILLARS AND 140 STATUES OF SAINTS IN MARBLE) THEN ST. PETER'S BASILICA, WHICH RISES TO 136 M. HEIGHT. ON BACKGROUND LEFT, THE SISTINE CHAPEL AND THE VATICAN MUSEUMS. ON BACKGROUND CENTER, THE APOSTOLIC PALACE, WHICH HOUSES THE PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL APARTMENTS OF ALL THE POPES, EXCEPT FRANCOIS WHO LIVES IN RESIDENCE SAINTE MARTHE. ON BACKGROUND RIGHT, THE DISTRICT OF PRATI. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN : AERIAL VIEW FROM THE SOUTH EAST. ON FOREGROUND LEFT, THE AUDIENCE HALL AND THE PALACE OF SAINT OFFICE. ON BACKGROUND, ST. PETER'S SQUARE (DEPTH 320 M., DIAMETER 240 M.), ST. PETER'S BASILICA, WHICH RISES TO 136 M. HEIGHT AND THE ARM OF CONSTANTINE (BORDERING THE NORTH OF THE SQUARE). ON BACKGROUND LEFT, THE GARDENS OF THE VATICAN. IN THE BACKGROUND, THE SISTINE CHAPEL, THE VATICAN MUSEUMS, THE MEDIEVAL PALACE AND THE PARROT COURT. ON THE RIGHT, THE LOGGIAS OF BRAMANTE AND RAPHAEL, THE COURT OF SAINT DAMASUS AND THE APOSTOLIC PALACE, WHICH HOUSES THE PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL APARTMENTS OF ALL THE POPES, EXCEPT FRANCIS WHO LIVES IN RESIDENCE ST. MARTHA. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV On Holydays In Castel Gandolfo - Italy

Pope Leo XIV walks in the gardens of the papal summer residence before the celebration of a mass in Castel Gandolfo (20km south of Rome), Italy on July 9, 2025, just a few days after beginning his summer holidays. By going to Castel Gandolfo, Leo XIV is reviving a tradition of popes leaving the Vatican to take a summer break, which had been suspended by his predecessor. Photo by (EV) Gennari-Vatican Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV On Holydays In Castel Gandolfo - Italy

Pope Leo XIV walks in the gardens of the papal summer residence before the celebration of a mass in Castel Gandolfo (20km south of Rome), Italy on July 9, 2025, just a few days after beginning his summer holidays. By going to Castel Gandolfo, Leo XIV is reviving a tradition of popes leaving the Vatican to take a summer break, which had been suspended by his predecessor. Photo by (EV) Gennari-Vatican Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV On Holydays In Castel Gandolfo - Italy

Pope Leo XIV poses with the team of the Ville Pontificie of Castel Gandolfo at the end of a mass celebrated in the gardens of the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo (20km south of Rome), Italy on July 9, 2025, just a few days after beginning his summer holidays. By going to Castel Gandolfo, Leo XIV is reviving a tradition of popes leaving the Vatican to take a summer break, which had been suspended by his predecessor. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV On Holydays In Castel Gandolfo - Italy

Pope Leo XIV walks in the gardens of the papal summer residence before the celebration of a mass in Castel Gandolfo (20km south of Rome), Italy on July 9, 2025, just a few days after beginning his summer holidays. By going to Castel Gandolfo, Leo XIV is reviving a tradition of popes leaving the Vatican to take a summer break, which had been suspended by his predecessor. Photo by (EV) Gennari-Vatican Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) SUMMER 2012. EXCLUSIVE REPORT FROM THE HEART OF NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL. THE TRESOR ROOMS, HOUSED IN THE CHAPTER SACRISTY SINCE THE MID-19TH CENTURY. DESIGNED BY VIOLLET LE DUC, THEY WERE RENOVATED TO MARK THE 850TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CATHEDRAL. HERE, THE CAMEO COLLECTION. THESE FIGURES OF THE 268 POPES WHO HAVE SUCCEEDED EACH OTHER, FROM SAINT PETER TO PIUS IX, WERE SCULPTED ON CORAL BY THE ENGRAVERS OF TORRE DEL GRECO (NEAR NAPLES), WHO SPECIALISE IN THIS TYPE OF WORK. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL. THE ROOMS OF THE TREASURY, GATHERED IN THE SACRISTY OF THE CHAPTER SINCE THE MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY. THEIR ARRANGEMENTS, MADE BY VIOLLET LE DUC, WAS RENOVATED AT THE 850TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CATHEDRAL. THE ROOMS EXHIBIT AN IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION OF ORNAMENTS, CHALICES, CROSSES, CAMEOS REPRESENTING THE POPES FROM ST. PETER, AND RELIQUARIES (THE ORIGINAL TREASURY WAS LOOTED DURING THE REVOLUTION). HERE, THE FIRST RELIQUARY OF THE HOLY CROWN OF THORNS, WITH GILDED COPPER AND GOLD GROUND, WAS MADE IN 1806 BY GOLDSMITH CHARLES CAHIER. THE WORLD GLOBE IS SURMOUNTED BY A CROSS, SUPPORTED BY THREE ANGELS. THE CROWN WAS SEALED IN THE CRYSTAL, INSERTED INTO THE BASE. TODAY, THE BASE CONTAINS A PIECE OF THE TRUE CROSS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Avignon

FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84). AVIGNON. THE PALACE OF THE POPES, A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE, AND NOTRE-DAME DES DOMS Photo by Scanella Norbert/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Avignon

FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84). AVIGNON. THE PALACE OF THE POPES, A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE, AND NOTRE-DAME DES DOMS Photo by Scanella Norbert/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Avignon

FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84). AVIGNON. THE PALACE OF THE POPES, A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE, AND NOTRE-DAME DES DOMS Photo by Scanella Norbert/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Avignon

FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84). AVIGNON. PALAIS DES PAPES. VISITORS IN THE MUSEUM ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE POPES IN AVIGNON. Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Avignon

FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84). AVIGNON. THE WALLS SURROUNDING THE PALACE OF THE POPES, A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE, AND NOTRE-DAME DES DOMS ROMAN CATHEDRAL PROVENCAL STYLE, DATES FROM 1150, THEN WAS ENLARGED IN THE 14TH AND 17TH CENTURIES BY SIDE CHAPELS Photo by Scanella Norbert/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Avignon

FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84). AVIGNON. PALAIS DES PAPES. THE BALL ROOM IS PART OF THE MUSEUM ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE POPES IN AVIGNON. Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Avignon

FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84). AVIGNON. THE PALACE OF THE POPES, A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE, AND NOTRE-DAME DES DOMS Photo by Scanella Norbert/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Avignon

FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84) AVIGNON. PALAIS DES PAPES, PALACE OF THE POPES Photo by Bernard Jaubert/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Avignon

FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84). AVIGNON. THE PALACE OF THE POPES, A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE, AND NOTRE-DAME DES DOMS ROMAN CATHEDRAL PROVENCAL STYLE, DATES FROM 1150, THEN WAS ENLARGED IN THE 14TH AND 17TH CENTURIES BY SIDE CHAPELS Photo by Robert Palomba/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Avignon

FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84). AVIGNON. PALAIS DES PAPES. THE SCULPTURE ROOM IS PART OF THE MUSEUM ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE POPES IN AVIGNON. Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84) AVIGNON. PALAIS DES PAPES, PALACE OF THE POPES Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Avignon

FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84). AVIGNON. TOURISTS ON THE BANKS OF THE RHONE, IN BACKGROUND THE PALACE OF THE POPES, A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE, AND NOTRE-DAME DES DOMS Photo by Scanella Norbert/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Avignon

FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84). AVIGNON. THE PALACE OF THE POPES WORLD HERITAGE OF UNESCO. GIANT OF BENEDICT XII, POPE FROM 1334 TO 1342 METROPOLIS OF NOTRE-DAME-DES-DOMS D'AVIGNON Photo by Scanella Norbert/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84). AVIGNON. THE PALACE OF THE POPES WORLD HERITAGE OF UNESCO. GIANT OF BENEDICT XII, POPE FROM 1334 TO 1342 METROPOLIS OF NOTRE-DAME-DES-DOMS D'AVIGNON Photo by Scanella Norbert/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84) BRIDGE OF AVIGNON AND PALAIS DES PAPES, PALACE OF THE POPES Photo by Bernard Jaubert/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84) BRIDGE OF AVIGNON AND PALAIS DES PAPES, PALACE OF THE POPES Photo by Bernard Jaubert/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84) AVIGNON. PALAIS DES PAPES, PALACE OF THE POPES Photo by Bernard Jaubert/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84) BRIDGE OF AVIGNON AND PALAIS DES PAPES, PALACE OF THE POPES Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Avignon

FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84). AVIGNON. FISHERMAN ON THE BANKS OF THE RHONE, IN BACKGROUND THE PALACE OF THE POPES, A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE, AND NOTRE-DAME DES DOMS Photo by Scanella Norbert/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Avignon

FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84). AVIGNON. THE PALACE OF THE POPES, A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE, AND NOTRE-DAME DES DOMS ROMAN CATHEDRAL PROVENCAL STYLE, DATES FROM 1150, THEN WAS ENLARGED IN THE 14TH AND 17TH CENTURIES BY SIDE CHAPELS Photo by Scanella Norbert/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Avignon

FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84). AVIGNON. PONT SAINT-BENEZET, COMMONLY CALLED PONT D'AVIGNON, BUILT FROM 1177 TO 1185 ON THE RHONE, THE PALACE OF THE POPES, A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE, AND NOTRE-DAME DES DOMS Photo by Scanella Norbert/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84) BRIDGE OF AVIGNON AND PALAIS DES PAPES, PALACE OF THE POPES Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84). AVIGNON. THE PALACE OF THE POPES, A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE, AND NOTRE-DAME DES DOMS Photo by Scanella Norbert/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Avignon

FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84). AVIGNON. PALAIS DES PAPES. THE SCULPTURE ROOM IS PART OF THE MUSEUM ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE POPES IN AVIGNON. Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Avignon

FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84). AVIGNON. THE PALACE OF THE POPES, A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE, AND NOTRE-DAME DES DOMS ROMAN CATHEDRAL PROVENCAL STYLE, DATES FROM 1150, THEN WAS ENLARGED IN THE 14TH AND 17TH CENTURIES BY SIDE CHAPELS Photo by Scanella Norbert/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Avignon

FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84). AVIGNON. THE PALACE OF THE POPES WORLD HERITAGE OF UNESCO. GIANT OF BENEDICT XII, POPE FROM 1334 TO 1342 METROPOLIS OF NOTRE-DAME-DES-DOMS D'AVIGNON Photo by Robert Palomba/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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SAINT AGRICOL (OWNER OF AVIGNON), OIL ON FABRIC (ANONYMOUS OF THE XVII), ROOM OF JESUS, POPES' PALACE, AVIGNON, VAUCLUSE (84) FRANCE Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84). AVIGNON. THE PALACE OF THE POPES, A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE Photo by Scanella Norbert/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84) AVIGNON. PALAIS DES PAPES, PALACE OF THE POPES Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. VAUCLUSE (84) BRIDGE OF AVIGNON AND PALAIS DES PAPES, PALACE OF THE POPES Photo by Jaubert Bernard/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis - Ajaccio

FRANCE. CORSE-DU-SUD (2A) AJACCIO. HISTORIC VISIT BY HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO CORSICA ON SUNDAY 15 DECEMBER 2024. AT THE END OF HOLY MASS, IN THE PLACE D'AUSTERLITZ (U CASONE), ONE OF THE CLERGY PRESENTED HIM WITH A PARCHMENT DATING FROM 1553 (AN ACT OF THE ENCLAVE OF THE POPES, DONATED BY THE MAYOR OF VALREAS IN THE VAUCLUSE). Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis - Ajaccio

FRANCE. CORSE-DU-SUD (2A) AJACCIO. HISTORIC VISIT BY HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO CORSICA ON SUNDAY 15 DECEMBER 2024. AT THE END OF HOLY MASS, IN THE PLACE D'AUSTERLITZ (U CASONE), ONE OF THE CLERGY PRESENTED HIM WITH A PARCHMENT DATING FROM 1553 (AN ACT OF THE ENCLAVE OF THE POPES, DONATED BY THE MAYOR OF VALREAS IN THE VAUCLUSE). Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Louis Vuitton Cruise 2026 Photocall

Da Vine Joy Randolph attending the Louis Vuitton Cruise 2026 fashion show at Palais des Papes ( Palace of the Popes ), in Avignon, France on May 22, 2025. Photo by Julien Reynaud/APS-Medias/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Louis Vuitton Cruise 2026 Photocall

Jaden Smith attending the Louis Vuitton Cruise 2026 fashion show at Palais des Papes ( Palace of the Popes ), in Avignon, France on May 22, 2025. Photo by Julien Reynaud/APS-Medias/ABACAPRESS.COM