During the closing blessing for the Jubilee of Youth, Pope Leo told more than one million young Catholics present at the weeklong gathering that they are the “sign that a different world is possible,” adding “conflicts can be resolved with dialogue,

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday told more than a million Catholic youths at a closing Mass for a weeklong encounter with the next generation of faithful that they are “the sign that a different world is possible” where conflicts can be resolved with dialogue, not weapons.

What if a million-plus young adults could well be the evidence that a more peaceful world is not fantasy, but a solid reality? Over the weekend in Rome, Pope Leo XIV gazed out at an ocean of Catholic youth and reminded them as much: “My young brothers and sisters,