Pope Leo XIV was spending the first anniversary of his election to the helm of the Catholic Church by visiting Pompeii and Naples on Friday.
The visit started at Pompeii’s Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary, which is close to the archaeological site of the ancient Roman city destroyed by Mt Vesuvius’s 79AD eruption and was founded by Saint Bartolo Longo, a former Satanic priest who converted to Catholicism and who Leo canonized in October.
The pope had a meeting with disabled and sick people at the shrine, which also host a charity assisting people in need, and greeted the crowds during a spin in white golf cart.

Pope celebrates first anniversary of election
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