US EditionCatholics recall World Youth Day vigil in Tor Vergata with John Paul II
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And don't say that there wasn't even a priest to chat. Because yesterday they were a thousand to listen to the boys from 146 different countries who wanted to confess to the Circus Maximus, to...
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CBCPNews‘Epiphany moment’: Catholics recall World Youth Day vigil in Tor Vergata with John Paul II
Pope John Paul II blesses young faithful as he arrives at Tor Vergata campus to take part in World Youth Day on Aug. 19, 2000. More than 2 million young people turned out under a blazing sun to see the pope. / Credit: PAOLO COCCO/REUTERS POOL/AF... [...]
Catholics recall World Youth Day vigil in Tor Vergata with John Paul II
Pope John Paul II blesses young faithful as he arrives at Tor Vergata campus to take part in World Youth Day on Aug. 19, 2000. More than 2 million young people turned out under a blazing sun to see the pope. / Credit: PAOLO COCCO/REUTERS POOL/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 1, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Twenty-five years ago at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, youth gathered from around the globe for an all-night vigil during …
Along with young people from all over the world who are gathering today and tomorrow at Tor Vergata to listen to the Holy Father, pray with him, and bear witness to hope, some of the organizers of World Youth Day in Rome in 2000 will also be present. Among them will be Marcello Bedeschi – a friend of St. John Paul II, a witness to the birth of the first... The article "Friend of John Paul II: The Pope wanted young people to encounter Christ" com…
They beat the heat of the journey by singing and playing music, while the flags of their respective countries flutter in the sky. Lined up since 9 a.m. on Saturday, August 2nd, the young pilgrims gradually filled the Tor Vergata esplanade. Many of them arrived by subway to...
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