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A group of children from an Italian parish holds up two gold mylar balloons of the numbers "7" and "0" as they join other visitors in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for Pope Leo XIV's recitation of the Angelus prayer and to wish him a happy 70th birthday Sept. 14, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Thousands of visitors celebrate Pope Leo's birthday in St. Peter's Square

Carol Glatz|Sep 15, 2025|5 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV greets visitors and pilgrims from the popemobile as he rides around St. Peter's Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience Sept. 3, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Add your prayers to this spiritual bouquet for Pope Leo XIV's 70th

OSV News|Sep 3, 2025|3 Min Read

Birthday

Pope celebrates 87th birthday with children of families in need

Justin McLellan|Dec 18, 2023|2 Min Read

Pope Francis greets children during a meeting with youngsters assisted by the Vatican's St. Martha pediatric clinic, in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Dec. 19, 2021. The pope offered Christmas blessings and urged the children to listen to and help people in need. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope celebrates his birthday with migrant children at Vatican clinic

Inés San Martín|Dec 20, 2021|4 Min Read

Pope Francis looks at a painting given as a birthday gift by a group of asylum-seekers transferred from Cyprus to Italy with his help, during a meeting at the Vatican Dec. 17, 2021, the pope's birthday. The painting shows an Afghan refugee crossing the Mediterranean with other immigrants. The migrants are being assisted by the Vatican and the Community of Sant'Egidio. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

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Pope welcomes first group of asylum-seekers from Cyprus

Cindy Wooden|Dec 17, 2021|2 Min Read

Pope Francis blows out the candle on a cake made for his Dec. 17 birthday during a special pre-Christmas meeting with children at the Vatican in this Dec. 22, 2019, file photo. The pope will celebrate his 85th birthday Dec. 17 and, according to his nephew, Jesuit Father José Luis Narvaja, he is still energetic and rarin' to go. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

4 things to know about Pope Francis on his 85th birthday

Hannah Brockhaus|Dec 17, 2021|3 Min Read

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