Pontiff did not forget the pilgrims who traveled to Rome as regions devastated by war: ‘We are closer than ever of young people who suffer the most serious ills”
More than one million people attended this Sunday (3) to a mass chaired by the last day of the call, which brought together participants from around the world for a week. “Aspire to big things, to holiness, wherever they are. Do not conform,” said Leo XIV in his homily.
The Mass was celebrated in a large terrace in the immediate vicinity of the city, as well as the rest of the Jubilee of the Young Jubilee, one of the most prominent moments of the Holy Year, which attracted half million young people to Rome.
On Saturday (2), before a nocturnal vigil led by the pontiff, the organizers confirmed the presence of 800,000 people in the huge outdoor space prepared in the district of Tor Vergata, near the Italian capital. And this Sunday, the Vatican announced that the number has increased to one million participants. Most slept on the floor to wait for the mass.
“There is an important request in our hearts, a need for truth that we cannot ignore, which leads us to ask: What is the happiness really? What is the true taste of life? What frees us from the swamps of absurdity, boredom, mediocrity?” The 69 -year -old said in his homily.
The Pontiff did not forget the pilgrims who traveled to Rome as regions devastated by war. “We are closer than ever of young people who suffer the most serious ills caused by other human beings,” he said in the Angelus prayer. “Keep walking with joy by following the Savior’s footsteps and containing their enthusiasm and the testimony of their faith all those who find it. Good trip!” He said to say goodbye to young people who will now return to their homes.
*With information from AFP
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