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A Moving Portrait of Pope Leo and Rome

Join us for Pope Leo and the Eternal City—a moving portrait of the first U.S.-born pope who, upon taking possession of St. John Lateran, told the faithful with conviction: “Sono Romano—I am Roman.”

This week on Vaticano, discover Pope Leo XIV’s deep ties to Rome—a bond formed long before his election.

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As a young Augustinian friar, Robert Prevost came to the Angelicum to study canon law. Those years of prayer, study, and community life in the Eternal City prepared him for leadership in the Augustinian Order and, eventually, for the papacy.

Join us for Pope Leo and the Eternal City—a moving portrait of the first U.S.-born pope who, upon taking possession of St. John Lateran, told the faithful with conviction: “Sono Romano—I am Roman.”

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