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The saint-making ceremony was the first presided over by Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, with thousands of young people in St. Peter’s Square.
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Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
For centuries, the land was the private dwelling of emperors and pontiffs until 2014, when Pope Francis opened the papal gardens to the public.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
During the ceremony, the pontiff will also canonize Pier Giorgio Frassati, a young Italian man known for helping those in need and who died of polio in the 1920s.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Tibetans, initially resistant to the transfer of the community’s political mandate from pontiff to public, slowly but steadily embraced this experiment in democratic self-governance.
—Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
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Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
For centuries, the land was the private dwelling of emperors and pontiffs until 2014, when Pope Francis opened the papal gardens to the public.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
During the ceremony, the pontiff will also canonize Pier Giorgio Frassati, a young Italian man known for helping those in need and who died of polio in the 1920s.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Tibetans, initially resistant to the transfer of the community’s political mandate from pontiff to public, slowly but steadily embraced this experiment in democratic self-governance.
—Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Pontiff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pontiff. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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