Pope Leo XIV presided over a final mass in Rome for over one million young people on Sunday, the culmination of a youth pilgrimage that has drawn Catholics from across the world.  The youth pilgrimage came about three months after the start of Leo's papacy and 25 years after former pope John Paul II organised the last such youth gathering in Rome.

Pope Leo XIV thrilled hundreds of thousands of young Catholics on Saturday as he paraded through a vast field on the outskirts of Rome converted to host the Youth Jubilee.