The beautiful moment the Greek Ambassador to the Vatican presents her credentials to Pope Leo XIV. On November 15, 2025, Greece’s Ambassador to the Holy See, Despina Poulou, was received at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City by Pope Leo XIV. The ceremony marked the official beginning of her mandate as Greece’s representative to the Vatican. Diplomatic sources noted that her tenure will focus on deepening cultural ties, interfaith dialogue, and collaboration on global humanitarian initiatives.

Pope Leo on Sunday, November 16, 2025, celebrated a mass in St Peter's Basilica to mark the Jubilee of the Poor, part of the ongoing Holy Year of the Catholic Church. The event coincided with the World Day of the Poor, an observance established by the late Pope Francis and celebrated for the first time in 2017. In his homily, Leo said that various forms of poverty oppress our world, from material poverty to moral and spiritual poverty, "and the tragedy that cuts across them all is loneliness." T