Hundreds of thousands of young Catholics poured into a vast field on Rome’s outskirts on Saturday for the weekend highlight of the Vatican’s 2025 Holy Year: an evening.
Hundreds of thousands of young Catholics poured into a vast field on Rome’s outskirts on Saturday for the weekend highlight of the Vatican’s 2025 Holy Year: an evening vigil, outdoor slumber party, and morning Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV that marks his first big encounter with the next generation of Catholics. Leo arrived by helicopter as the sun set over the Tor Vergata field and immediately boarded his open-topped popemobile for loops through the flag-waving, cheering pilgrims, the AP reports. They had already been partying for hours, setting up campsites for the night as misting trucks and water cannons spritzed them to offer relief from the 85-degree heat.
