Leo’s predecessor, Pope Francis, was a hit with many young people, with a style that put aside pre-prepared speeches to engage in a back and forth with big crowds and who took tough questions from them about loss of faith, abortion and sexual abuse.

The pontiff celebrated the concluding mass of one of the most important events of the Holy Year as 1 million faithful filled the Tor Vergata esplanade in Rome on Sunday. View on euronews

What if a million-plus young adults could well be the evidence that a more peaceful world is not fantasy, but a solid reality? Over the weekend in Rome, Pope Leo XIV gazed out at an ocean of Catholic youth and reminded them as much: “My young brothers and sisters,