Pope Liu gets a rock star welcome at the Youth Festival in Rome

Pope Liu The rock star received a welcoming at the weekend when he arrived by a helicopter in a suburb of Rome in what he called Catholic Kochilla.

More than a million teenagers sang twenty songs and danced under the water and the hot Roman sun during Jubilee of young people – The largest and smallest crowd from Leo Papuya yet.

But as a new generation from all over the world, the Pope was fast to draw attention to their peers who could not.

He said: “We are closer to ever for young people who suffer from the most dangerous evil that other people cause. We are with the youth of Gaza.” “We are with the youth of Ukraine. With both the land with which the war is committed. My brothers and my young sisters, you are a sign that a different world is a world of brotherhood and friendship, as disputes are not resolved with weapons, but with dialogue.”

the American Pope I spoke in English, and took a rare break from Italian to use the global language to reach a world audience.

“It is amazing to see how size of the Church of the World and the number of people here only believe in God and live in reality to see the Pope, to live in this society only,” said Rita Pinde, a young pilgrim from Germany.

Christopher Dylano, who came from New York, was amazed by turnout.

“I knew there would be a lot of people. I didn’t know this would be much. So I am very happy to be here,” he said.

The assembly decreased during the year 2025 of the Jubilee, the Holy Year that was characterized by special occasions and appearances by the Pope only occurs once every quarter of the century.

This year, the Catholic Church is making concerted efforts to communicate with the digital generation. Next month, it will work on its first millennial saint at all, Carlo sharpAnd who won his website for miracles has the title of God’s influence. He was 15 when he died due to leukemia.

Last week, Pope Liu invited the influencers to the Vatican, who gathered to Saint Peter to publish selfies with ink – the photos are at odds with a church in a retreat in most of the world. In the United States, three out of 10 Catholics attend a diamond per week, according to Pew Research Center.

The Catholic Church has always tried to retreat young people, and many of them mock decades of the scandal surrounding sexual assault on minors by the priests. According to Pio Report It was published earlier this year, 43 % of people in the United States who grew up Catholic Catholic are no longer.