Leo XIV: From the gardens of Castel Gandolfo, the Pope calls for an ecological conversion
By Mikael Corre , permanent special correspondent in Rome
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Pope Leo XIV leads the Mass for the Care of Creation, in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on July 9, 2025. Yara Nardi/Pool / EPA/Maxppp
From the gardens of Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass for the Care of Creation. Faced with the "catastrophes caused by human excesses," the Pope delivered a direct plea for an urgent ecological conversion. Late in the morning, he also met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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I subscribeHe arrived on foot, surrounded only by a few close friends. Shortly before 9 a.m. on Wednesday, July 9, Pope Leo XIV walked along the cobbled paths of the "Borgo Laudato si'," in the heart of the gardens of Castel Gandolfo, where he arrived this weekend for a two-week rest. Created in 2023, this site was designed by Pope Francis to promote integral ecology, in the spirit of his 2015 encyclical, Laudato si' .
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