Pope Leo XIV visits Pavia, Sant’Angelo Lodigiano during day trip to northern Italy

(20 Jun 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Pavia, Italy - 20 June 2026 1. Various of Pope Leo XIV speaking inside the basilica of San Pietro in Cielo d'Oro 2. Various of pope praying in front of St. Augustine's relics 3. Various of faithful waiting for the pope in Duomo square 4. Pope going through crowd on popemobile 5. Various of pope greeting representatives of local Latin American community 6. Tilt down of Duomo cathedral ASSOCIATED PRESS Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Italy - 20 June 2026 7. Various of pope on popemobile 8. Pope greeting and hugging a young girl 9. Pope Leo waving 10. Various of pope inside the Basilica of Saints Antonio Abate and Francis Cabrini 11. Frescoed ceiling 12. Various of the relics of the heart of Saint Frances Cabrini 13. Wide of pope speaking 14. Pope greeting audience before leaving in helicopter, UPSOUND (Italian): "Thank you for being a sign of hope. Never forget: you young people can change the world. We are waiting for you, each and every one of you. May the Lord bless you today and always. Thank you for being here, thank you for this joy and for this warm welcome." 15. Various of pope getting on the helicopter and waving goodbye STORYLINE: Pope Leo XIV on Saturday exalted the first American saint, Mother Frances Cabrini, as a model for Christians today to care for migrants in need, as he visited her birthplace during a day trip to northern Italy. Leo, who has clashed with the Trump administration over its migrant crackdown, urged young people in particular to learn about Cabrini’s life and service, once again confirming history’s first U.S. pope as the heir to Pope Francis in prioritizing the plight of migrants. Leo prayed before Cabrini’s tomb in a basilica named for her in her birthplace in Sant’Angelo Lodigiano, near Milan, and presided over an evening prayer service. The visit to northern Italy is part of Leo’s summertime grand tour of Italy to visit key cities to get to know his flock. Cabrini, the patron saint of migrants, is well known to many Americans for her work caring for Italian immigrants in the United States at the turn of the last century. Her work went beyond the U.S., however, as she crisscrossed the globe building schools, hospitals and orphanages for those who had nothing. After she died in 1917, as a naturalized U.S. citizen in Leo’s native Chicago, Cabrini was beatified and then canonized in 1946 as the first American saint. Leo has embraced the Catholic Church’s Gospel-mandated call to “welcome the stranger” in his ministry to migrants. Last week, Leo spent two days in Spain’s Canary Islands, a major destination for migrants leaving West Africa, where he called for welcoming and integrating those fleeing hardship and conflict. Leo’s next Italy day trip is on July 4, when he heads to Lampedusa, the Sicilian island that is a major destination for migrants fleeing North Africa for Italy. Leo’s clash with the Trump administration over migration has given added symbolic significance to his decision to spend July 4 — U.S. Independence Day — in Lampedusa, which was where Francis chose to make his first trip outside Rome as pope, in 2013. Leo arrived in Cabrini’s hometown after first stopping in nearby Pavia to pray at the tomb of St. Augustine, the fifth-century inspiration of his religious order. There, he encouraged Italians to rediscover their lagging Catholic faith. He pointed to Augustine as a source of inspiration for today’s faithful. AP Video shot by Brian Hendrie and produced by Silvia Stellacci. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...