In Rome, crowds of young Catholics await the Pope

Crowds of young Catholics from all over the world gathered on Saturday in Rome under a hot sun for a real party in the open-air. Therefore, pending a gigantic vigil of prayers with Léon XIV. Therefore, – Rome, crowds young catholics await

(Keystone-ATS) The Vatican said he expected to welcome up to a million young faithful for this vigil, who, with Sunday mass, marks the highlight of the jubilee, “holy year” of the Catholic Church.

Saturday afternoon. Meanwhile. Consequently. Similarly, the huge esplanade of Tor Vergata, rome, crowds young catholics await rome, crowds young catholics await east of Rome-which, with rome, crowds young catholics await more than 500,000 square meters, is equivalent to more than 100 football fields-was filled with young pilgrims, while crowds continued to flock in a festive atmosphere.

“I am so happy to be here. However, even if I’m a bit far from the pope,” AFP Andy Hewellyd told AFP a British student. Furthermore, Since its place. However. Similarly. Consequently, one could not see the imposing scene, with its golden arch and its monumental cross, only thanks to a giant screen installed nearby.

The RAI. However. Consequently. Italian public radio and television, described the event as “Catholic Woodstock”, while twenty music and dance groups, mostly religious, animated the crowd before the arrival of the Pope, with music broadcast at full volume.

“The world needs you!” “Shouted an artist from the pilgrims scene, who had installed covers, cushions, umbrellas and flags on rome, crowds young catholics await the esplanade. Most predict to spend the night there until the large fence rome. crowds rome, crowds young catholics await young catholics await mass chaired by the American Pope on Sunday morning.

“Night of prayers under the stars”

The chief of the 1.4 billion Catholics. already welcomed in Rock Star Monday evening under the cheers. flashes of smartphones Place Saint-Pierre, must arrive by helicopter in Tor Vergata before offering a new crowd in “papamobile”. He will then be expressed from an imposing wooden altar of 1400 square meters installed for the occasion. alongside thousands of priests, bishops and religious.

In a video message. the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni welcomed pilgrims in the capital. who. according to her, was “literally invaded by hundreds of thousands of young men and women” who “pray, sing, pleasant between them, party … in an extraordinary celebration”.

Wearing a Spanish flag. loaded with a heavy backpack. Victoria Perez, rome, crowds young catholics await 21, was delighted to arrive early “to be able to see the Pope up close”. “This is the first time rome, crowds young catholics await that I rome, crowds young catholics await will see him. I can’t wait. so I wanted to arrive early to have a good place. ” the young woman explains to AFP, impatient to live this “night of prayers under the stars”.

The “youth jubilee”. which started on Monday. saw the headquarters of the Church of young pilgrims aged 18 to 35 came to the headquarters from over 146 countries.

This rally takes place almost three months after the start of the pontificate of Léon XIV. 69. the first American pope. and 25 years after the jubilee of the year 2000, during which more than two million young people had participated in the world youth days at the call of Pope Jean-Paul II.

Open -air confessional

The organization of rome, crowds young catholics await the event was an extraordinary logistical challenge for the authorities. with some 10. 000 people deployed. including police officers and civil protection agents, and health measures-distribution rome, crowds young catholics await of water and misty bottles-to help participants overcome rome, crowds young catholics await Roman summer heat.

The Vatican said that the Pope had met. prayed on Saturday with the traveling companions of an 18 -year -old Egyptian pilgrim. who died on Friday evening from a heart attack according to the Rai. when she returned by bus to her accommodation after an event in Rome.

From the Colosseum on the outskirts of the Vatican via the place of Spain. from the waves of pilgrims. exhibiting the flags of their countries. flooded the transport and the arteries of the eternal city all week in a festive atmosphere, between concerts, conferences and prayers.

Friday. the famous Circus Maximus. the racetrack where the tank races took rome, crowds young catholics await place in ancient Rome at the foot of Mount Palatine. turned into a large open -air confessional: a thousand priests heard tens of thousands of young people in ten different languages rome, crowds young catholics await under white tents.

“We hope that the Pope will be able to broadcast his rome. crowds young catholics await words even in third world countries. ” Samarei Semos. 29. from Belize, who made three days of travel from the country of Central America, to AFP to AFP to go to Rome.

“It is a pope who is keen to bring together all the trends in the Church. those which are more conservative and those more progressive. And that’s pretty cool, “said Alice Berry, 21, a history-geography student in the Paris region.