Pope Leo XIV holds a Mass with young people participating in the Youths Jubilee at the Tor Vergata field in Rome, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
ROME (AP) — Young Catholics from around the world have gathered in Rome for the largest event of the 2025 Holy Year — a weeklong Jubilee celebration culminating in an outdoor vigil, overnight campout and a Mass led by Pope Leo XIV.
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Young people wake up after spending the night at the Tor Vergata field in Rome as they participate in the Youths Jubilee, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pope Leo XIV holds a Mass with young people participating in the Youths Jubilee at the Tor Vergata field in Rome, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Young people participate in the Youths Jubilee at the Tor Vergata field in Rome, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pope Leo XIV leaves at the end of a Mass with young people participating in the Youths Jubilee at the Tor Vergata field in Rome, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Faithful walk through the St. Peter's Basilica holy door on the occasion of the Youth Jubilee at the Vatican, Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pope Leo XIV holds prayer vigil with young people participating in the Youths Jubilee at the Tor Vergata field in Rome, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pope Leo XIV holds prayer vigil with young people participating in the Youths Jubilee at the Tor Vergata field in Rome, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Martin Kresic, of Croatia, shows his tattoo of late Pope John Paul II as he waits for the start of a welcome mass for the Youth Jubilee in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Faithful crowd St. Peter's Square during a welcome mass for the Youth Jubilee at the Vatican, Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Young people participate in the Youths Jubilee at the Tor Vergata field in Rome, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Youths attend a profession of faith moment led by Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, as part the weeklong Jubilee celebration for young Catholics, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Thursday, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pope Leo XIV greets faithful in St. Peter's Square at the end of a welcome mass for the Youth Jubilee at the Vatican, Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Young people participate in the Youth Jubilee can celebrate the penitential day and confess themselves in the confessionals set up for them in the Circus Maximus in Rome, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
The helicopter carrying Pope Leo XIV arrives for the prayer vigil with young people participating in the Youths Jubilee at the Tor Vergata field in Rome, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Young people attend for the prayer vigil with Pope Leo XIV in the Youths Jubilee at the Tor Vergata field in Rome, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Young people participate in the Youth Jubilee can celebrate the penitential day and confess themselves in the confessionals set up for them in the Circus Maximus in Rome, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
