Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Pope Leo made history over the weekend in a unique celebration of the Virgin Mary. Pope Leo has become the first pontiff in history to make his way across the waters for the special Marian procession on Lake Albano for the Feast of Our Lady of the Lake. The tradition started during the Marian Year of 1954. A Marian statue would be carried along the shore and then set out onto the lake on a decorated boat. Pope Leo crossed the lake on the Falco, with the Marian statue aboard, just as the sun started to set, blessing those gathered from afar. EWTN News Correspondent Zofia Czubak reports from Rome.


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