Rome
Christmas Mass returns to St. Peter's Basilica after more than 30 years
He presided over Leon XIV's first Christmas Mass as Pope and recovered a historic stage: the Basilica of St. Peter, where this liturgy has not been practised since 1994. The Pope recalled in his homily the suffering of Gaza and that of refugees in the world.
Leon XIV has joined the victims of abuse by clergy for nearly three hours
The Pope has received 15 people from Belgium in the Vatican, where he held a similar meeting on 20 October, when he met with members of the General Committee on Victims of Abuse (ECA).
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Carlo Acutis has been proclaimed the first saint of this century by the pope
He died of leukemia in 2006 at the age of 15. Acutis was to be canonized on 27 April, but the ceremony was suspended due to the death of Pope Francis.
Pope Leon XVI calls on young people to "achieve great things" and to reject consumerism
To close the Youth Jubilee held in Rome, the pope has expressed his solidarity with young people suffering war in Gaza and Ukraine.
45 people have been injured, two of them seriously, in an explosion at a gas station in Rome
The accident occurred in the Casilino area when liquefied oil gas was being discharged from a tanker truck. The Italian authorities have specified that the wounded are 24 civilians, 11 police officers, six firefighters, three emergency personnel and one carabiner officer.