Ignacio’s family said they find comfort and hope despite their pain and are grateful for the gestures of closeness.

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 prays during Mass for more than 1 million young pilgrims at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, in Rome’s outskirts, Aug. 3. (Daniel Ibanez/CNA) Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of August is for mutual coexistence.