Thousands of young people gathered in Rome for the Youth Jubilee, the most anticipated event of the Holy Year, where Pope Leo arrived that evening.

"By passionately seeking the truth, we not only acquire a culture, but we transform it through life choices. Truth, in fact, is a bond that unites words to things, names to faces. Lies, however, separate these aspects, generating confusion and misunderstanding," the Pontiff said, addressing the faithful who throughout the day continued to gather in the Tor Vergata area near the university and the Calatrava sail to participate in the evening vigil.

"Friendship can change the world, it can be the path to peace," Prevost added, before quoting Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati: "Living without faith, without a heritage to defend, without fighting for the Truth is not living, but merely eking out a living."

"Seek justice," he appealed, "by renewing your way of life, to build a more humane world! Serve the poor, bearing witness to the good we always desire to receive from our neighbors! Study, work, and love in the manner of Jesus, the good teacher who always walks beside us." He concluded: "How much the world needs missionaries of the Gospel who are witnesses of justice and peace! How much the future needs men and women who are witnesses of hope!"

Then the prayer for the sudden passing of eighteen-year-old Pascale Rafic, traveling to Rome from Egypt to participate in the event.

(Unioneonline)