Pope Leo XIV has surprised tens of thousands of young

Pope Leo XIV has surprised tens of thousands of young Catholics by showing up unexpectedly at a Holy Year welcome ceremony

ByNICOLE WINFIELD Associated PressJuly 29, 2025, 7:44 AMPope Leo XIV surprised tens of thousands of young Catholics on Tuesday and showed up unexpectedly at a Holy Year welcome Церемония, вълнувайки децата и приемане на посрещане на рок звезда в първото огромно младежко събитие на неговото понтификат.

Лео се появи на площада на Сейнт Петър в своя Popemobile в края на вечерната литургия, която изрита юбилея на младостта, едно седмично честване за млади католици. The estimated 120,000 young pilgrims who had packed the square erupted in shocked cheers and chants, as Leo looped around the square and up and down the boulevard leading to it.

For 20 minutes, Leo beamed, waved and clearly seemed to enjoy the outpouring of enthusiasm from his perch on the popemobile, as he took in the sea of cheering, flag-waving young people from around the world as З...

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