Vicariate of Rome
Social Communications Office

PRESS RELEASE

POPE LEO XIV TO MEET THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF ROME

The event will take place on Saturday 10 January at 10.00 in the Paul VI Hall

On Saturday 10 January, at 17.00, in the Paul VI Hall, Roman teenagers and young people will meet POPE LEO XIV. An unmissable event in the aftermath of the end of the Jubilee – which will conclude definitively on the day of the Epiphany, with the closing of the Holy Door of Saint Peter’s Basilica – during which the young people will be able to listen to the Holy Father’s words.

Many young people will be present: from those who attend catechism classes to those who meet in parish groups, from members of movements and associations to those enrolled in Catholic sports clubs, as well as students, university students and those living away from home who reside in colleges within the diocese. Accompanying them on this special meeting with the Pope will be Cardinal Vicar BALDO REINA, who announced the event during the “Night in the Cathedral” prayer service on 21 November and renewed the invitation in a letter.

Many young people will be present: from those who attend catechism classes to those who meet in parish groups, from members of movements and associations to those enrolled in Catholic sports clubs, as well as students, university students and those living away from home who reside in colleges within the diocese. Accompanying them on this special meeting with the Pope will be Cardinal Vicar BALDO REINA, who announced the event during the “Night in the Cathedral” prayer service on 21 November and renewed the invitation in a letter.

“It will be a valuable moment of joy”, writes Cardinal REINA to priests, “for which I invite you to encourage the participation of young people from your parishes, exhorting them to experience it as an important opportunity to listen to the words of our Bishop”.

Admission to the Paul VI Hall will be permitted from 15.00 to 16.30 on 10 January. To enter, you will need a ticket, which may be requested by compiling the registration form, active from today, Friday 19 December: https://forms.office.com/e/qDLgECWNc5?origin=lprLink

The tickets can be collected from the Office for Youth Pastoral Care of the diocese of Rome (Vicariate of Rome, Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano 6 – second floor), on the days and at the times indicated below:

Wednesday 7 January, during office hours;

Thursday 8 January with extended hours until 18.00;

Friday, 9 January, with extended hours until 18.00.

Accreditation procedure: Journalists and media operators who wish to participate must apply no later than 24 hours before the event, via the Holy See Press Office online accreditation system, at: press.vatican.va/accreditamenti.

Giulia Rocchi, Press and Social Communications Office of the Vicariate of Rome
tel. +390669886343/150; +393393749085
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