The Vatican announced the theme of Pope Leo’s 2026 World Peace Day message will be: “Peace be with you all: Towards an ‘unarmed and disarming’ peace.”
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Pope Francis tells young people to live as pilgrims, not tourists, in World Youth Day message
To fully experience love and hope, young people must approach the journey of life as pilgrims and not just sightseers seeking the perfect selfie, Pope Francis said.
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Pope Francis is one of the oldest popes in history—but he’s showing no sign of slowing down.
87 is the new 60 at the Vatican.
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Synodality played a leading role at World Youth Day. Can we keep it going in our church?
By revisiting the various moments of grace from World Youth Day, we might identify some ways we still need to walk together if we are to make effective the pope’s call for a church that is “for all.”
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World Youth Day recap: Foreshadowing the synod on synodality
On this special summer episode of “Inside the Vatican,” America editors Ricardo da Silva, S.J. and Gerard O’Connell recap World Youth Day.
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Four ways the Catholic Church can actually listen more to young people
We must become a church that accompanies its people and is attuned to their hopes, doubts and lived experiences.
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Pope Francis: Where there are young people, there is joy
In his weekly audience, Pope Francis shares his experiences at World Youth Day in Portugal and what they reveal about today’s young people.
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Spanish teen says she regained her sight at World Youth Day Mass
“I think that there we have a piece of information that is beautiful and a girl who has recovered her sight,” Cardinal Omella said. “Doctors will now have to assess whether or not it was incurable,” the first step in the official declaration of a miracle.
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Pope Francis fields questions on abuse, his health on return flight to Rome
After a five-day trip to Portugal, which recently came to terms with its own clerical sex abuse crisis, Pope Francis said the Catholic Church must abandon its practice of covering up abuse and instead be “very open” about how it is confronting the crime.
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Pope Francis at World Youth Day: ‘Live each day with hearts free of fear.’
In his homily for the closing Mass at World Youth Day, Pope Francis preached on The Transfiguration and its lessons for young people. He also announced that there will be a Jubilee for young people in Rome in 2025 and that the next World Youth Day will be held in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, in 2027.