What do humility, wounds, and the Resurrection have in common? Pope Leo XIV explains it this way

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the Pope traveled through the avenues of the square in the popemobile to greet the pilgrims Photo: Vatican Media

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What do humility, wounds, and the Resurrection have in common? Pope Leo XIV explains it this way

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What did the Pope say to the Knights of Columbus? Leo XIV receives them in audience