Pope Leo XIV presided over the Holy Mass for All Souls’ Day at Rome’s Verano Cemetery. The Holy Father invited the faithful to contemplate death “not so much as a recollection of the past, but above all as a hope for the future.” | EWTN Vatican

Pope Leo XIV visited the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome yesterday evening, prayed at the tomb of Pope Francis, and before the Marian icon of Salus Populi Romani before continuing his journey to Castel Gandolfo. | EWTN Vatican

After presiding over the Holy Mass at Rome’s Verano Cemetery for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, Pope Leo XIV returned to the Vatican, where he prayed privately in the Vatican Grottoes for the deceased Popes. | EWTN Vatican