ROME (AP) – Hundreds of thousands of young Catholics put in a huge area in a vast area on the outskirts of Rome for the 2025 Holi year weekend highlight of the Vatican: One evening to be celebrated by Pope Leo XIV, Vigil, Outdoor Slober Party and Morning Mass First big encounter With the next generation of Catholic.
Leo will definitely like what he sees: For the last week, the band of young Catholics from all over the world has invaded the surrounding area of St. Peter Square for its special Jubilee celebration this holy year, in this holy year in which 32 million people hope to participate in a Catholicism seat to participate in a centenary pilgrimage on Rome.
Young people are trapped through cobblestone roads in color-composed T-shirts, praying garlands and singing hymns singing with guitar, bongo drums and tamborin. Using their flags as Tarps to mold them from the Sun, they have captured the entire piazes for Christian rock concerts and inspirational talks, and stood in Circus Maximas for hours to confess their sins to 1,000 priests offering rites in a dozen separate languages.
On Saturday, he ended with his Jubilee celebration – the Eastern Flank of Rome to an encounter with Leo to the Tor Vagata region. After walking five kilometers (three miles) from the nearest metro station, they passed through security checks, picked up their boxing food and prepared and prepared and shadow to shade the camp, backpacks and sleeping bags.
Leo, who were elected in May First American PopeOn Saturday evening, he was flying by helicopter and presiding over vigilance and a question-answer session. He was then returning to the Vatican for the night and was returning to a popmobile romp and mass on Sunday morning.
A mini world youth day, 25 years later
All of this is a Vibe of a World Youth Day, Catholic Woodstock festival inaugurated by St. John Paul II and made famous in the same tor Vergata region in Rome in 2000. Then, before the estimated 2 million people, John Paul told young pilgrims that they were “morning guards” in the third millennium.
Officials initially expected 500,000 youths later this week, but Leo indicated that the number could reach 1 million.
19-year-old Lebanese Catholic, who was in Rome with a group of more than 200 young members of the French-based Karishma Group community, said, “It’s a bit messed up, but it’s good about Jubilee.”
He said, for example, dinner took two hours on Friday night, as KFC was overwhelmed by orders. The Celsian School which offered its group’s residence is one hour from the bus. But Jobbor, like many people here this week, it did not inconvenience: this is part of all experiences.
He said, “I don’t hope that it would be better than this. I expected this way,” he said, as his group members gathered on the steps of the church near the Vatican and to pray and pray before going out for Tor Vergata.
There was already a tragedy before vigilance began: Vatican confirmed that the 18 -year -old Egyptian, Pascle was identified as Rafik, died during the pilgrimage. Leo met with the group on Saturday with whom she was traveling and expressed her condolences to her family.
The weather has largely collaborated: while Italian civilian security staff prepared for temperature that could reach 34C (93F) or more this week, the mercury has not exceeded 30C (85F) and is not expected.
Romans inconvenient, but tolerant
Those Roman who did not run away from the attack have inconvenienced by additional mobs on the city’s notorious insufficient public transport system. Residents are sharing social media posts, sharing outbreaks of outbreaks by Roman’s Mater platform and criminal bus stop by Roman, which has complicated their movement to work.
But other Romans have welcomed the enthusiasm that the youth have brought. Premier Georgia Meloni offered a video reception, with a miracle on the extraordinary festival of “Vishwas, Joy and Hope”, which was brought to the eternal city by young people.
“I think it’s amazing,” Rome hairdresser Reena Wordon said, who lives near the Tor Vergata Field and woke up on Saturday to find out a strong police outside her house as part of a large scale, 4,000-confusing operations to maintain peace. “You think faith, religion is in difficulty, but there is evidence that it is not so.”
Vardon had already planned to take an alternative route house on Saturday afternoon, which would require an additional kilometer (half mi) walking, as he feared the “attack” of children in his neighborhood that he would disrupt his normal bus route. But she said that she was happy to sacrifice.
“You consider the attack as something negative. But this is a positive attack,” he said.
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Nicole Winfield, Associated Press