Assisi, the Youth Epicenter of Europe: Leo XIV Comes to Listen, Not Just to Speak
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The American pope visited the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels, built around the small chapel where St. Francis of Assisi founded his movement in the 13th century and where he died in 1226. Upon his arrival at the Basilica Square, shortly before 09:00, Leo XIV met thousands of young Europeans, both believers and non-believers, between 18 and 33 years of age participating in the event "GO! Meeting of Franciscan youth 2026". The pope responded t…
Assisi, the youth epicenter of Europe: Leo XIV comes to listen, not just to speak
The Umbrian city of Assisi is once again becoming a meeting point for European youth. On the occasion of the closing of the “GO! Franciscan Youth Meeting 2026 ,” Pope Leo XIV is making a pastoral visit this Thursday, August 6, marked by a clear premise: to listen firsthand to the concerns, doubts, and aspirations of the young believers and non-believers gathered under the sign of Saint Francis. Dialogue without intermediaries Unlike a formal pr…
Pope Leo XIV held a dialogue this Thursday with more than 2,000 young people from various European countries gathered in Assisi for the GO! Franciscan Youth Meeting 2026, held as part of the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis. During the meeting, the Pontiff encouraged the participants to face definitive commitments without fear, warning that, in a society marked by impermanence, "the most revolutionary act today is to decide for good…
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