{"id":14933,"date":"2026-05-11T16:53:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/14933\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T16:53:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:53:11","slug":"photos-pope-leo-xiv-visits-pompei-and-naples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/14933\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: Pope Leo XIV Visits Pompei and Naples"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Holy Father marked the first anniversary of his pontificate on May 8 by visiting the historic cities in southern Italy.<\/p>\n

Pope Leo XIV on May 8 visited the historic Italian cities of Pompei and Naples, meeting with local citizens and clergy and celebrating Mass on the first anniversary of his election to the papacy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Holy Father visited the Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei and met with the public before concelebrating the Eucharist in the Piazza Bartolo Longo.<\/p>\n

Later, in Naples, he met with clergy and visited the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary.<\/p>\n

Here is a look in photos of Pope Leo XIV\u02bcs activities in Pompei and Naples as he marked one year as pope:<\/p>\n

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A banner greets Pope Leo XIV as he arrives in the Italian city of Pompei on Friday, May 8, 2026. | Credit: Daniel Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez\/EWTN News<\/p>\n

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Pope Leo XIV deboards the papal helicopter as he arrives in the Italian city of Pompei on Friday, May 8, 2026. | Credit: Daniel Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez\/EWTN News<\/p>\n

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Pope Leo XIV greets crowds in Pompei, Italy, on Friday, May 8, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media<\/p>\n

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Pope Leo XIV greets crowds at the Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei, Italy, on Friday, May 8, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media<\/p>\n

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Pope Leo XIV kisses a cross at the Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei, Italy, on Friday, May 8, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media<\/p>\n

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Pope Leo XIV greets crowds at the Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei, Italy, on Friday, May 8, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media<\/p>\n

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Pope Leo XIV greets a child at the Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei, Italy, on Friday, May 8, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media<\/p>\n

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Pope Leo XIV concelebrates Mass in Piazza Bartolo Longo in the Italian city of Pompei, Italy, on Friday, May 8, 2026. | Credit: Daniel Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez\/EWTN News<\/p>\n

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Pope Leo XIV concelebrates Mass in Piazza Bartolo Longo in the Italian city of Pompei on Friday, May 8, 2026. | Credit: Daniel Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez\/EWTN News<\/p>\n

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Pope Leo XIV prays at the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary in Naples, Italy, on Friday, May 8, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media<\/p>\n

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Pope Leo XIV speaks to Catholics at the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary in Naples, Italy, on Friday, May 8, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media<\/p>\n

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Pope Leo XIV greets crowds at the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary in Naples, Italy, on Friday, May 8, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media<\/p>\n

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Pope Leo XIV waves to crowds in Naples, Italy, on Friday, May 8, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media<\/p>\n

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Pope Leo XIV waves to crowds in the Piazza del Plebiscito in Naples, Italy, on Friday, May 8, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media<\/p>\n

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Pope Leo XIV greets crowds in the Piazza del Plebiscito in Naples, Italy, on Friday, May 8, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media<\/p>\n

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Pope Leo XIV greets crowds in the Piazza del Plebiscito in Naples, Italy, on Friday, May 8, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media<\/p>\n

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Pope Leo XIV smiles while visiting the Piazza del Plebiscito in Naples, Italy, on Friday, May 8, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media<\/p>\n

This article was originally published by EWTN News English<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Holy Father marked the first anniversary of his pontificate on May 8 by visiting the historic cities…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[526,10935,722,9156,5,150,10936,10937,10938,10939],"class_list":{"0":"post-14933","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-italy","8":"tag-pope-leo-xiv","9":"tag-cathedral-of-the-assumption-of-mary","10":"tag-ewtn-news","11":"tag-first-anniversary","12":"tag-italy","13":"tag-naples","14":"tag-our-lady-of-the-rosary","15":"tag-piazza-bartolo-longo","16":"tag-piazza-del-plebiscito","17":"tag-pompei"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}