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A half-million young Catholics invade Rome, awaiting Pope Leo XIV at Holy Year youth festival
ROME, ITALY, AUG 2 – Pope Leo XIV urged prayer for peace amid global conflicts during a vigil attended by up to one million young Catholics at the Jubilee of Youth in Rome.
- Pope Leo XIV led the closing vigil and Mass in Rome’s Tor Vergata on Saturday, August 2, 2025, with up to a million young believers expected, marking the event’s climax.
- The Jubilee of Youth event invited Catholics aged 18 to 35, with more than 146 countries represented as thousands flooded Rome this week.
- Pope Leo XIV greeted journalists from Vatican Radio, Vatican News and L’Osservatore Romano at a new station under the colonnade and thanked outlets broadcasting in over 55 languages.
- Hundreds of thousands flooded a vast field on Rome’s outskirts Saturday for Pope Leo XIV’s first youth encounter with a vigil and Mass, organizers said.
- Many young pilgrims voiced a desire to hear the Vatican’s stance on climate change, wars and economic inequalities, amid economic uncertainty and rising climate anxiety among under-30s, the Vatican praised youths from Ukraine and Syria and called them to pray for peace.
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Pope's 'Jubilee of Youth' closes with huge Rome mass
Pope Leo XIV presided over a final mass in Rome for over one million young people on Sunday, the culmination of a youth pilgrimage that has drawn Catholics from across the world.
A highlight of the current term is expected on Sunday. Leo XIV celebrates mass with hundreds of thousands of young people. A first interim report of the Pope.
Thousands of young Catholics flood Rome for Pope-led vigil
ROME: Thousands of young Catholics began assembling on Saturday for an evening prayer led by Pope Leo XIV, the culmination of a week-long pilgrimage and a key event in the jubilee year that is expected to draw up to a million people. The “Jubilee of Youth” — when the Vatican invites Catholics aged 18 to 35 to the seat of the global Church’s power — has seen young pilgrims from around the world flood Rome, waving flags, singing or praying in grou…
According to the organisers, up to one million people are expected to appear at the Youth Meeting.
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