Jubilee of Youth

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Young people on the esplanade of Tor Vergata during the vigil with Pope Leo XIV.

From Rome to home: Young people strive to be witnesses for Christ

Aug 19, 2025

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

One million young people returned to their countries after participating in the 2025 Jubilee of Youth. Now they have a... Read more

The August 2025 Youth Jubilee in Egypt is taking place in two phases this month. The jubilee is under the patronage and presence of apostolic vicar of the Latins in Egypt, Bishop Claudio Lurati, organized by his deputy Monsignor Antoine Tawfiq and Sister Chiara Latif of the Franciscan Elizabethan Sisters.

From Rome to Alexandria: Catholic Youth Jubilee continues its mission in Egypt

Aug 14, 2025

By Souhail Lawand

The Latin Church in Alexandria, Egypt, has launched its own Catholic Youth Jubilee after the Jubilee of Youth in Rome,... Read more

Pope Leo XIV approaches Tor Vergata in Rome by helicopter on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025.

In case you missed it: Some of best moments of the Jubilee of Youth

Aug 5, 2025

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

In case you missed them, here are some of the most memorable moments of the Jubilee of Youth in Rome. Read more

Pope Leo XIV greets the crowd at the Jubilee of Youth on Aug. 3, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV visits young Spaniard hospitalized during jubilee

Pope Leo XIV made a surprise visit to Ignacio Gonzálvez, a 15-year-old Spanish boy who was hospitalized after collapsing during... Read more

Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney told a packed basilica of young jubilee pilgrims in Rome on Aug. 4, 2025, that holy relics are “not just a quirky Catholic thing — they are a quirky God thing.”

Archbishop Fisher: Holy relics are not ‘just a quirky Catholic thing’

Aug 4, 2025

By Courtney Mares

Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney delivered the homily at the closing Mass of the weeklong public veneration of Frassati’s body... Read more

Pope Leo XIV waves at pilgrims from South Korea before the closing Mass of the Jubilee of Youth at the University of Rome Tor Vergata on Aug. 3, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV announces dates for 2027 World Youth Day in South Korea

Aug 3, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV announced that the dates of the next World Youth Day, to be held in Seoul, South Korea,... Read more

Pope Leo XIV greets thousands of youth and pilgrims ahead of a vigil at Tor Vergata, Rome, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025

Pope Leo XIV speaks to 1 million youth at jubilee: ‘Stay with us, Lord’

Aug 2, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

The pontiff was greeted Aug. 2 by joyous crowds on the 237-acre grounds of the University of Rome Tor Vergata,... Read more

Pope Leo XIV addresses the crowd following his unexpected ride around St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican following the Jubilee of Youth welcome Mass — which was celebrated by Archbishop Rino Fisichella (right) — on July 29, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV prays for Egyptian Jubilee of Youth pilgrim who died in Rome

Aug 2, 2025

By Kristina Millare

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday offered heartfelt prayers for Pascale Rafic, a Jubilee of Youth pilgrim from Egypt who died... Read more

A priest listens to a penitent during confession during a reconciliation event at the Circus Maximus, Rome, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025

PHOTOS: Thousands of youth pilgrims line up for confession in Circus Maximus in Rome

Aug 1, 2025

By Kristina Millare

While patiently waiting in long queues to have their confessions heard at the ancient site, pilgrims told CNA why seeking... Read more

Thousands fill St. Peter’s Square for the Jubilee of Youth welcome Mass on July 29, 2025, at the Vatican.

2 Syrian girls share ‘moving testimony’ at Jubilee of Youth event

Aug 1, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed. Read more

Pope John Paul II blesses young faithful as he arrives at Tor Vergata campus to take part in World Youth Day on Aug. 19, 2000. More than 2 million young people turned out under a blazing sun to see the pope.

‘Epiphany moment’: Catholics recall World Youth Day vigil in Tor Vergata with John Paul II

Aug 1, 2025

By Paris Apodaca

This year’s Jubilee of Youth vigil at Tor Vergata in Rome echoes the 2000 World Youth Day with John Paul... Read more

Fifty-four Missionaries of Charity are in Rome this week for the Catholic Church’s Jubilee of Young People, where they are approaching young people one by one to invite them to spend time with Christ in all-day Eucharistic adoration and to learn about the mission and message of their founder, St. Teresa of Calcutta.

‘To give them Jesus’: Missionaries of Charity bring powerful witness to Jubilee of Youth 

Aug 1, 2025

By Courtney Mares

More than 50 sisters of Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity are in Rome this week for the Catholic Church’s Jubilee... Read more

Bishop Robert Barron delivers the keynote address at the Jubilee of Youth’s National U.S. Pilgrim Gathering on July 30, 2025, at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome.

Bishop Barron tells youth in Rome: Listen to God’s voice and accept his mission

Jul 31, 2025

By Paris Apodaca

“God has an idea of the saint you were meant to be,” Bishop Robert Barron said during the keynote address... Read more

Several of the participants at the 2025 EWTN Summer Academy in Rome, an intensive program in religious journalism and digital storytelling, come from places where Catholics live their faith amid severe adversity.

Jubilee of Youth: Meet the brave Catholic communicators who are telling their stories

Jul 31, 2025

By Courtney Mares

Meet some of the bold Catholic communicators in training at the 2025 EWTN Summer Academy in Rome, which coincides with... Read more

Pope Leo XIV waves from the popemobile during a surprise ride around St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican following the Jubilee of Youth welcome Mass on July 29, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV to Jubilee of Youth: ‘Your voices will be heard to the ends of the earth’

Jul 30, 2025

By Andrés Henríquez

In three languages, Pope Leo XIV offered extemporaneous greetings to the thousands of participants at the welcoming Mass for the... Read more

Pope Leo XIV signs a portrait of himself for a pilgrim at his general audience on July 30, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.

Pope Leo XIV addresses youth at packed general audience

Jul 30, 2025

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Before a packed St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV gave his first general audience after his summer vacation... Read more

Cardinal Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi (second from left) with Caritas Internationalis Secretary General Alistair Dutton (second from right) and Caritas Youth delegates during the Jubilee of Youth in Rome on July 29, 2025.

Cardinal Kikuchi: Youth fighting selfishness are the hope of the Church

Jul 30, 2025

By Kristina Millare

In Rome to support the Caritas Youth delegation participating in the Jubilee of Youth, Cardinal Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi expressed great... Read more

Digital missionaries and Catholic influencers participate in the Mass for the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers on July 29, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.

Middle Eastern influencers join Church’s first digital missionary jubilee

Jul 29, 2025

By Romy Haber

Meet some of the digital missionaries from the Middle East who are in Rome this week for the Jubilee of... Read more

St. John Paul II in the popemobile amid the enthusiasm of 2 million young people at World Youth Day in 2000.

The Jubilee of Youth from St. John Paul II to Leo XIV: The ardent spirit of youth

Jul 28, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

Thousands of young people are expected to spend the night in tents at the Tor Vergata esplanade in the south... Read more

The Diocese of Fairbanks’ Ukveryaramta Tungiinun team members Danielle Beaver and Jesuit Father Gregg Wood in Chefornak.

‘Miracle woman’ inspires Native youth through faith and survival story

Jul 27, 2025

By Kristina Millare

For Yup’ik woman Danielle Beaver, 33, of Alaska, sharing her Catholic faith is not just a mission but the reason... Read more