The Holy Father was greeted Aug. 2 by joyous crowds on the 237-acre grounds of the University of Rome Tor Vergata, 10 miles east of Rome, where teenagers and young adults will stay all night in anticipation of the closing Mass of the Jubilee of Youth on Sunday morning.

Pope Leo XIV greeted thousands of young pilgrims during Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle’s mass at the Live Pure Youth Conference held at Santa Pudenziana Church, the seat of the Filipino chaplaincy in Rome.

Hundreds of thousands of young Catholics are pouring into a vast field on Rome’s outskirts for the highlight of the Vatican’s 2025 Holy Year. They're camping out for an evening vigil,