Addressing an estimated 1 million young people, Pope Leo XIV urged them to forge genuine relationships rooted in Christ rather than ephemeral online connections that can reduce individuals to a commodity.

During the closing blessing for the Jubilee of Youth, Pope Leo told more than one million young Catholics present at the weeklong gathering that they are the “sign that a different world is possible,” adding “conflicts can be resolved with dialogue,

Pope Leo celebrated the largest event yet of his nearly three-month tenure on Sunday, encouraging a crowd of more than a million Catholic young people gathered in a field on the outskirts of Rome to spread their faith.