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Pontiff receives birthday greetings from leaders, Catholics worldwide
September 17, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: The president of Italy and the presidents of several bishops’ conferences sent greetings to Pope Leo XIV for his recent 70th birthday.
“From every continent, people look with great hope” to the Pope’s words, said Italian President Sergio Mattarella, who cited the Pontiff’s “urgent appeals for a ceasefire and the resumption of the path of dialogue, for the common good of peoples.”
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