Overview

• Pope Leone XIV presided over Saturday’s vigil at Tor Vergata, urging more than one million young pilgrims to seek justice, truth and fraternity as “witnesses of hope.”
• Italian police, Protezione Civile volunteers, medical teams and other support staff formed a 20,000-strong network with 2,760 portable toilets, 2,660 water refill points and 70 misting stations to sustain the vigil.
• Earlier Saturday, the Pope met privately with the Egyptian delegation mourning 18-year-old Pascale Rafic, who died of cardiac arrest on a bus en route to Rome.
• Organizers equipped the Circo Massimo with 200 confessionals and cooling stations for Friday’s penitential day, underscoring the event’s focus on spiritual reconciliation.
• Preparations are underway for Sunday morning’s concluding Mass, which will cap the 2025 Youth Jubilee and mark Pope Prevost’s first major international gathering.