Pope's 'Jubilee Of Youth' Closes With Huge Rome Mass

Pope Leo XIV presiding over the mass outside Rome on Sunday, a highlight of the Catholic Church's Jubilee year (Credit: AFP)

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 week-long event ending Sunday, a highlight of the Jubilee holy year, was an enormous undertaking for the Vatican, with a half a million young pilgrims in Rome for most of the week.