Rome welcomes one million young people to celebrate their Jubilee event in three key locations: St. Peter’s Basilica, the Circus Maximus, and the Calatrava Sail at Tor Vergata.
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From 10:30am to 6:00pm, the Circus Maximus, the ancient Roman arena, will be an open-air confessional for young people wishing to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation as part of the Holy Year celebrations. For the occasion, the Youcat Foundation will distribute 10,000 copies of a text on the subject.
40,000 young Italians gather in St. Peter’s Square for the Jubilee event “You are Peter”, dedicated to peacemaking. They hear from Cardinal Zuppi and the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa.
Pope Leo XIV appoints Fr Richard Anthony D’Souza, S.J., as Director of the Vatican Observatory. The astronomist succeeds Br Guy Consolmagno, S.J, whose 10-year mandate expires in September.
Pope Leo paves the way for St John Henry Newman to be formally declared a “Doctor of the Church”.
During a three-day conference, UN member states debate how to establish peace between Israel and Palestine, with the Holy See Permanent Observer arguing that lasting peace can be found only in the two-state solution.
The head of the Commission for Youth of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is in Rome with thousands of young people celebrating their Jubilee. He speaks of the power of witness in particular of young Ukrainians from warfront regions.
The bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé (CEAST) are following with concern the wave of vandalism in the Angolan capital, which has already resulted in five deaths and more than 1,000 arrests.
The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) is meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, for its 20th Plenary Assembly, which will focus on the theme “Christ, Source of Hope, Reconciliation, and Peace.”
