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.

Pope Leo XIV rallied more than a million young Catholics on Sunday, urging them to embrace peace and calling them “the sign that a different world is possible.” The Chicago-born pontiff delivered the powerful message at a colossal Mass southeast of Rome,