US EditionTens of Thousands in Rome for Vatican's Jubilee of Youth
ROME AND VATICAN CITY, ITALY, JUL 29 – Pope Leo XIV leads a mass concluding the Vatican's Jubilee of Youth, attracting around 500,000 young Catholics from over 150 countries focused on faith and culture.
- In Rome, on July 30 and 31, young people took part in Jubilee activities at Pincio Terrace, including a concert and volunteer engagement, as Isaac Rodriguez highlighted the youth's hope.
- Young people from the Dioceses of Plasencia and Mérida-Badajoz travel to Rome for the Jubilee, which is held every 25 years, during a week of faith activities.
- An opening Mass at St Peter's Basilica was held, as the pilgrimage began shortly after Leo XIV became the head of the Catholic Church.
- Many pilgrims said war and global conflicts topped their agenda ahead of Pope Leo's giant Mass on Sunday.
- Amid wars in Ukraine and Gaza, the event occurs as tens of thousands are killed after almost two years of conflict, highlighting ongoing global crises.
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Don't call it World Youth Day. Despite the Undersecretary of State at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Alfredo Mantovano, has repeatedly called it "Gmg" in the press conference to present the event that took place in the Press Office of the Holy See. The name, in fact, is a "political" problem, and not simply linguistic, within the Roman Curia.
The Pope urged hundreds of young pilgrims gathered in Rome to be "witnesses of Christ" and "missionary disciples".
Pope Leo XIV holds Jubilee of Youth at the Vatican
VATICAN CITY (CBS, KYMA/KECY) - Pope Leo XIV is welcoming more than a half-a-million young people to the Vatican this week for the Jubilee of Youth. Americans are among pilgrims from nearly 150 countries who've traveled to Rome for the event. Pope Leo will lead prayer services, confessions, and a Sunday mass during the weeklong celebration. "Very excited to see Pope Leo and to grow in my faith as we come here on pilgrimage," said Antonio Tucci, …
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Tens of thousands in Rome for Vatican's Jubilee of Youth
Tens of thousands of young Catholics from all over the world gathered on Tuesday in Rome for a week of pilgrimage during the Vatican's Jubilee of Youth -- an event that takes place every 25 years.
Pilgrim group locked inside Rome train station at night
Incident occurred during the Jubilee of Youth. Around 70 Spanish pilgrims found themselves locked inside a Rome train station on Tuesday night after arriving in the Italian capital for the Vatican's Jubilee of Youth. The incident occurred shortly after midnight when the youth group arrived at the Ottavia train station, in the northern suburbs of the city, state broadcaster RAI News reports. Once they disembarked from the train, the young pilgrim…
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