
A thousand young Catholics spread the gospel online
Pope Leo XIV thrills hundreds of thousands of young Catholics at Holy Year youth festival.
Pope Leo XIV has implored a million young Catholics from around the world to aspire to great things and not settle for less at a special Jubilee celebration in Rome.
We have a report on the Catholic social media influencers who spread the gospel online.
Also on the programme: Arab nations have condemned a visit to the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem by Israel's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir; and Kim Kardashian’s new facial wrap you wear while sleeping generates much online chatter.
(Photo: Pope Leo XIV presides over Holy Mass on the occasion of the Jubilee of Youth, at Tor Vergata in Rome, Italy, 03 August 2025. Credit: EPA/Shutterstock)
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