Hundreds of thousands of young faithful feted Pope Leo XIV like a rock star yesterday at an open-air prayer vigil outside Rome, after the head of the

Pope Leo XIV thrilled hundreds of thousands of young Catholics on Saturday as he paraded through a vast field on the outskirts of Rome converted to host the Youth Jubilee.

The Holy Father was greeted Aug. 2 by joyous crowds on the 237-acre grounds of the University of Rome Tor Vergata, 10 miles east of Rome, where teenagers and young adults will stay all night in anticipation of the closing Mass of the Jubilee of Youth on Sunday morning.