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Pope Leo XIV invites the world to Seoul
At the concluding Mass for the 2025 Jubilee of Young People in Rome, Pope Leo XIV announced the dates of and invited the world's youth and young adults to the next international World Youth Day experience: August 3-8, 2027, in Seoul, Korea. WYD 2027 will be the first to take place in on mainland Asia. Korea has a growing Catholic population of about 11 percent, or 6 million believers.
National U.S. Pilgrim Gathering at the 2025 Jubilee of Young People
Over 4,000 youth and young adults across the United States attended the National U.S. Pilgrim Gathering during the Jubilee of Young People on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome and sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) with the generosity and support of the Knights of Columbus and in collaboration with worldyouthday.com and the University of Notre Dame McGrath Institute for Church Life. You can watch the event online here. You can read about it here.