Pope Leo exhorts crowd of million Catholic youth to spread their faith


Pope Leo XIV leads Mass for Jubilee of Youth in Tor Vergata, in Rome, Italy, August 3, 2025. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

ROME (Reuters) -Pope Leo celebrated the largest event yet of his nearly three-month tenure on Sunday, encouraging a crowd of more than a million Catholic young people gathered in a field on the outskirts of Rome to spread their faith.

Amid shouts of "Viva il Papa" (Long live the Pope) from young people dressed in colourful t-shirts and waving national flags at the Tor Vergata field, Leo led a Mass that capped a special week of events meant to energise Catholic youth.

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