On the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, Pope Leo XIV presided over Mass at Rome’s papal Basilica of St. John Lateran. After Mass, he led a nearly one-mile Eucharistic procession to the Basilica of St. Mary Major, where he blessed the crowd with the Eucharist — "God's answer to our human hunger." Around 20,000 people attended the historic procession, the first papal-led one since 2017. EWTN Vatican Correspondent Valentina Di Donato has more.

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