{"id":86793,"date":"2026-02-12T17:00:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/?p=86793"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:28:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:28:48","slug":"pope-leo-to-resume-the-tradition-of-visiting-local-parishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2026\/02\/12\/pope-leo-to-resume-the-tradition-of-visiting-local-parishes\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo to resume the tradition of visiting local parishes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On February 15, Pope Leo XIV will resume one of the most eagerly awaited traditions by the faithful of Rome: visits to local parishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first destination will be Ostia, the ancient port of Rome. During his time there, he will visit Santa Maria Regina Pacis, a church that last received a pontiff 11 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On that occasion, the pope was Francis, who made a change to the program and added a stop at an amusement park. There he visited a group of carnival workers who were accompanied by this nun, Sister Genevi\u00e8ve.<br><br><em>\u201cShe\u2019s expecting a baby.\u201d<br>\u201cWhen is the baby due?\u201d<br>\u201cIn July.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parish visits have traditionally given rise to some of the most heartwarming moments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cCome, come, come.\u201d<br>\u201cI can't do it.\u201d<br>\u201cCome to me, Emanuele. Come and tell me in my ear. Tell me in my ear.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This child could not hold back his tears as he asked the Pope whether his father, an atheist, was in Heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is encounters like this that best show the pontiff\u2019s human side, his closeness to the people. They are less formal and more family-like meetings. Visits that allow popes to return to their beginnings, when they were parish priests or pastors of small communities.<br><br>JRB<br>Trans. CRT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 15, Pope Leo XIV will resume one of the most eagerly awaited traditions by the faithful of Rome: visits to local parishes. The first destination will be Ostia, the ancient port of Rome. During his time there, he will visit Santa Maria Regina Pacis, a church that last received a pontiff 11 years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":86794,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FWBPjXdxa3M","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpwvisitaostiaeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpwvisitaostiaint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86793"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86793"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86800,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86793\/revisions\/86800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}