ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday told more than a million Catholic youths at a closing Mass for a weeklong encounter with the next generation of faithful that they are “the sign that a different world is possible” where conflicts can be resolved with dialogue, not weapons.

During the closing blessing for the Jubilee of Youth, Pope Leo told more than one million young Catholics present at the weeklong gathering that they are the “sign that a different world is possible,” adding “conflicts can be resolved with dialogue,

What if a million-plus young adults could well be the evidence that a more peaceful world is not fantasy, but a solid reality? Over the weekend in Rome, Pope Leo XIV gazed out at an ocean of Catholic youth and reminded them as much: “My young brothers and sisters,