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Miami Herald
03-08-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Over 1 million join Pope Leo XIV for World Youth Jubilee Mass in Rome
ROME - Young people from 146 countries celebrated with Pope Leo XIV at the concluding Mass of the World Youth Jubilee at Rome's University of Tor Vergata on Sunday. The Vatican put the number of youths attending the event at more than a million, based on official estimates. Leo arrived by popemobile to cheers and applause. He urged the celebrants "to adventure with the Lord toward eternity" saying that the Lord was "gently knocked" at the window of their souls. "Aspire to great things, to holiness, wherever you are. Do not settle for less. You will then see the light of the Gospel growing every day, in you and around you," he said. The youth gathering is seen as the central event in the Jubilee Year, with the high point on Sunday on the Tor Vergata sports fields in the southeast of the Italian capital. The event was held there in 2000 as well, when John Paul II was pope. The event was the largest to date during the papacy of the first pope from the United States. At 69, Leo is considerably younger than many of his predecessors. He is seen as approachable and keen on sport, granting one of his first audiences to tennis player Jannik Sinner. During the evening vigil on Saturday, Leo answered three questions from young people, showing fluency in Spanish, Italian and English to talk about friendship in the age of social media. He spoke of the fear of taking decisions and the quest to make sense of the world. Many of the young people spent the night outdoors after the event that included music and prayers. _____ Copyright (C) 2025, Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Portions copyrighted by the respective providers.
The Irish Sun
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Fans make same joke about ‘hilariously random combo' as Michael D Higgins beams in unexpected pic with football legend
FANS compared Michael D Higgins and Zlatan Ibrahimovic to "classic big man-small man combinations" after their random meeting in Italy. President Higgins and wife Sabrina 2 Michael D Higgins is in Rome for the inauguration of Pope Louis XIV Credit: Getty Images - Getty 2 He met with Zlatan Ibrahimovic Credit: Twitter/President of Ireland And it was during this trip that he met and beamed in a pic with former star Ibrahimovic. The photo, which was shared to Ireland ' account, showing the big Swede presenting Higgins with an AC Milan jersey with 'Higgins 1' on the back. The contrast in heights between the two, as well as the sheer randomness of the meeting, led to the photo going viral . Some made light of the number on the back of the shirt. Read More on Football One quipped: "Ah Cmon I know he's the President and all that. But he's too small to be a goal keeper…" And a second posted: "1? Michael D would be a terrible goalkeeper, surely?" Others, meanwhile, used the chance to compare the pair to past great striking combinations One joked: "hilariously random combo. i giggled." Most read in Football A second said: "would've been a devastating partnership for Harry Redknapp circa 2008" A third posted: "[Jermaine] Defoe and [Peter] Crouch under Redknapp" Pope Leo holds baby & waves to crowds in St Peter's Square as world leaders gather for Pontiff's inauguration mass A fourth said: "Little man big man combination." which another echoed by saying: "Classic big man small man combination" And a sixth kept it closer to home, tweeting: " The Mass of Inauguration started at 10am in St Peter 's Square to officially begin the Pontificate of - and many world leaders have travelled over for the important event. During the ceremony, the new pontiff is given the pallium and the fisherman's ring as symbols of his new authority - but this may be slightly tweaked as every pope is free to make it more personal. US Vice President It is expected that Leo following the Mass. In the afternoon, the President and Sabina visited St Isidore's College in The Franciscan Community are this year celebrating the 400th anniversary of the College, which was founded by Irish Franciscan Luke Wadding in 1625.
