Pope Leon XIV addresses youth in France
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Pope Leon XIV spoke to 80,000 young people at a gathering in Stade de France on Friday evening.
People from Paris, Lyon, and other areas of France attended the event, which included concerts and testimonials. Four young people from Seine-Saint-Denis, a department near Paris, welcomed the Pope on behalf of French youth, expressing both their hopes and their doubts about the future.
The young people asked Pope Leon XIV how to live their faith authentically and how to find where God wants them to serve. Pope Leon XIV responded by telling them that God can help them overcome any failure and acknowledged the anxieties many young people feel about the future, including economic uncertainty and climate change. He urged the gathered youth to remain open to the suffering of others.
The Pope then encouraged the audience to learn from the examples of saints like Saint Eugene de Mazenod, Saint John Vianney, Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, and Blessed Pauline Jaricot, noting that their actions had transformed history. He said that God works within people to inspire renewal and conversion, and the evening concluded with prayers and songs led by a large choir.
