Youth from the Diocese of Brooklyn are back from Rome, where they joined hundreds of thousands of other young Catholics for the Jubilee of Youth. Now, they’re reflecting on the spiritual impact of their pilgrimage.
Pope Leo XIV made a surprise visit to a young Spanish pilgrim who is in intensive care at the Vatican’s children’s hospital. He fell ill just before the Jubilee celebrations.
While in the Eternal City for the Jubilee of Youth, Bishop Robert Brennan recorded a special episode of his podcast “Big City Catholics,” offering a behind-the-scenes look at the pilgrimage.
For 35 years, 95-year-old Alice Tritle has brought music and healing to Mercy Medical Center in Iowa as a volunteer pianist — and although she’s retiring, she’s ending on a high note.