Catholic News Headlines for Tuesday 8/12/2025

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Over 1 million young people from all over the world came to Rome to celebrate their faith with Pope Leo XIV – including parishioners from the Diocese of Brooklyn.

Bishop Robert Brennan was right alongside the young people of Brooklyn and Queens in their journey. Now he’s sharing what it was like to be there with them.

A Catholic teen from Long Island also got the chance to see the Holy Father, and came home with a blessing he won’t soon forget.