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Leo XIV marks 100 days as pope
Manila Bulletin
|August 17 2025
When Pope Leo XIV surprised tens of thousands of young people at a recent Holy Year celebration with an impromptu popemobile romp around Saint Peter’s Square, it almost seemed as if some of the informal spontaneity that characterized Pope Francis’ 12-year papacy had returned to the Vatican.
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But the message Leo delivered that night was all his own: In seamless English, Spanish, and Italian, Leo told the young people that they were the “salt of the Earth, the light of the world.” He urged them to spread their hope, faith in Christ and their cries of peace wherever they go.
This story is from the August 17 2025 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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