Rome: In a solemn atmosphere at Rome’s historic Verano Cemetery, Pope Leo XIV presided over the Mass for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, reminding the faithful that Christian memory is not confined to the past but illuminated by hope in the Resurrection. “Our faith, rooted in Christ’s Paschal mystery, allows us to view remembrance not merely as nostalgia, but as a promise of life beyond death,” the Pope reflected.

Following the liturgy, the Holy Father visited the crypt of Saint Peter’s Basilica to pray privately for his deceased predecessors, continuing the longstanding papal tradition of interceding for the departed on All Souls’ Day.

The celebration took place within the Verano Cemetery’s grand Quadriportico a place that blends the stillness of death with the eloquen

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