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Jubilee Year

'The place is very alive' - Pilgrims greet Leo at the Jubilee of Youth

Meet the pilgrims at the Jubilee Year's mini-World-Youth-Day

Edgar Beltrán
Aug 02, 2025
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The Jubilee of Youth took Rome by storm this week, with an opening Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV and attended by more than 100,000 young people in attendance on Tuesday.

In total, there are an estimated 1 million pilgrims set to take part in the jubilee’s activities, especially an evening prayer vigil Aug. 2, and a closing Mass the next morning.

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