Vatican City, Sept. 14 -- As Pope Leo XIV turned 70 on Sunday, he thanked all his well-wishers.

The Pontifex also celebrated the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.

In a post on X, he said, "Dear friends, today I turn seventy years old. I give thanks to the Lord and to my parents; and I thank all those who have remembered me in their prayers."

"Today we celebrate the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross: for the immense love with which God has transformed the means to death into an instrument of life, embracing it for our salvation, teaching us that nothing can separate us from him and that his love is greater than our own sin," he added.

He blessed the faithful gathered for the Angelus prayer and thanked them for their go...