Thousands of young Catholics attend Pope Leo XIV's vigil
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Hundreds of thousands of young Catholics descended on Rome for the Youth Jubilee, which kicked off on Tuesday evening with a mass by the Pope in St Peter's Square. They gathered for a vigil on Saturday night ahead of a Sunday mass held by the Pope.
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- Hundreds of thousands of young Catholics gathered in Rome for a vigil and mass with Pope Leo XIV.
- The event was part of a Jubilee celebration, drawing pilgrims from 146 countries. 13s
- Participants included young people from conflict zones such as Lebanon, Iraq, Myanmar, Ukraine, Syria, and South Sudan. 43s
- An 18-year-old Egyptian pilgrim died of cardiac arrest before the vigil began. 55s
- Pope Leo XIV met with the deceased's group and extended condolences to her family. 1m 2s