War is never inevitable,” Pope Leo XIV proclaimed, his voice ringing out to a sea of more than a million teens and twenty-somethings gathered outside Rome. The Jubilee of Youth had drawn teens and twenty-somethings from 150 countries,

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,

Catholic educator Father Michael Tidd praises Pope Leo XIV's authentic approach to connecting with young people following Rome's massive faith gathering over the weekend.