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Pontiff visits Vatican Observatory
May 21, 2026
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CWN Editor's Note: Pope Leo XIV visited the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo on May 19.
“After a brief moment of prayer in the chapel of the facility, the Pope met and greeted the religious, scientific, and lay staff,” Vatican News, the news agency of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, reported.
Last June, Pope Leo addressed participants in the Observatory’s Summer School of Astrophysics.
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