SHOWS: CASTEL GANDOLFO, ITALY (AUGUST 15, 2026) (VATICAN MEDIA - Access all)

1. TOP OF APOSTOLIC PALACE IN CASTEL GANDOLFO/ POPE TAKING PLACE AT PODIUM

2. PEOPLE IN FREEDOM SQUARE

3. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) POPE LEO SAYING:

“I continue to pray these days for the Colombian population who is suffering because of the earthquake”

4. PEOPLE IN FREEDOM SQUARE

5. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) POPE LEO SAYING: (SHOT OF SQUARE PARTLY OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE)

“Today I wish to invoke her [Virgin Mary's] maternal intercession on behalf of those communities that are particularly in need of consolation and hope. I am thinking of our brothers and sisters in the Holy Land, which is also, par excellence, the land of Mary. I am thinking of the Ukrainian and Russian peoples, both of whom are bound by filial devotion to the Holy Mother of God. I am thinking of Christians who suffer discrimination or even persecution.”

6. PEOPLE IN SQUARE MAKING SIGN OF THE CROSS

7. POPE WAVING

8. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE IN SQUARE CHEERING AND APPLAUDING

9. VARIOUS OF POPE WAVING AND LEAVING, PEOPLE SHOUTING: “Hurrah for the Pope!”

STORY: Pope Leo on Saturday (August 15) said he continued to pray for the people of Colombia, who were struck earlier this week by a deadly earthquake.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

Speaking on the Catholic feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, a major summer holiday in Italy, he also remembered communities around the world that are enduring suffering, including those in the Holy Land, as well as the Russian and Ukrainian peoples, and Christians facing discrimination or persecution. A 7.5-magnitude quake jolted cities across Colombia's western region on Monday (August 10), leaving at least 285 people dead, 3,975 others injured, and 378 missing, according to data released by the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management on Friday (August 14).