Pope Leo XIV urged hundreds of thousands of young people on Saturday to have the courage to make radical choices to do good, as he presided over his first big encounter with the next generation of Catholics during the highlight of the Vatican’s 2025 Holy Year.

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday told more than a million Catholic youths at a closing Mass for a weeklong encounter with the next generation of faithful that they are “the sign that a different world

Hundreds of thousands of young Catholics poured into Tor Vergata on the outskirts of Rome on Saturday (August 2) for the final stretch of the Jubilee of Youth, a two-day gathering set to feature Pope Leo in two landmark appearances.