US EditionPope Leo XIV at All Souls’ Mass: “Love Conquers death.”
Pope Leo XIV led Mass for about 2,500 attendees at Rome's historic Verano Cemetery, emphasizing hope in resurrection and God's remembrance of all departed.
- On Nov. 2, 2025, Pope Leo XIV led a Mass at Rome’s Verano Cemetery for the feast of All Souls, celebrating the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed.
- Framing the occasion theologically, Pope Leo XIV stressed the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed as remembering the dead in faith and hope rooted in the Resurrection of Jesus.
- The entire site had been sealed off since morning, with around 2,500 attendees seated among tombs as Pope Leo XIV placed a bouquet of white roses and blessed graves with holy water.
- The liturgy ended with the Prayer for Eternal Rest as late afternoon darkness fell among Verano’s cypresses, and the pope imparted his blessing to those present, many of whom bowed or held flowers.
- A city within the city, Verano Cemetery covers 83 hectares and hosts the sepulcher of Ricciotti Garibaldi; the pope said Christ has conquered death and God will destroy it forever.
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Pope Leo XIV at All Souls’ Mass: “Love conquers death.”
In a Mass commemorating all the faithful departed, Pope Leo XIV on Sunday said the memory of those who have gone before us carries hope for eternal life and is a reminder that Jesus has overcome death with love. Speaking during the Mass at Rome’s Campo Verano cemetery on Nov. 2 – All Souls Day – the pope said, “Love conquers death. In love, God will gather us together with our loved ones.” Pope Leo in his homily Sunday said the day marked a spec…
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Catholic News AgencyPope Leo XIV: Death is ‘a hope for the future’
Rome, Italy, Nov 2, 2025 / 12:40 pm Celebrating Mass for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed at Rome’s Verano Cemetery, Pope Leo XIV invited Catholics to contemplate death “not so much as a [...]
Pope Leo XIV led an outdoor mass at Rome's Verano Cemetery on Sunday to commemorate all who have died. During his address, he spoke of how loved ones live on in the hearts of the living, as families laid flowers and prayed at the graves on All Souls' Day.
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Prayer for beloved dead is sign of hope of being together again, pope says
As Christians visit cemeteries on the feast of All Souls and remember their loved ones who have died, they do so with faith that at the end of this life they will be together again with the Lord, Pope Leo XIV said.
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