The Son of a Librarian: Pope Leo XIV Spends His 71st Birthday at the Vatican Library

Leo opened “AQVA,” a Vatican water exhibit, two weeks after MAGA Catholics mocked his water prayer. Plus seven rare photos of the pope, one from each decade of his life.

Robert Prevost leans into the candles on a birthday cake at a gathering in Peru in an undated photograph, a guitarist playing behind him and a bottle of Inca Kola on the table.

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