Pope Leo presides over jubilee Mass
Newshour
BBC
4.4 • 984 Ratings
🗓️ 3 August 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Hundreds of thousands of young Catholics, including many social media influencers, have gathered for a vigil and Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV. Also in the programme: the former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina faces a criminal trial; Russia’s Krasheninnikov volcano in Kamchatka erupts for the first time in hundreds of years; and the enduring appeal of Thomas the Tank Engine. (Picture: Pope Leo XIV waves to the faithful during a Holy Mass on the occasion of the Jubilee of Youth, in Rome, Italy. Credit: Photo by ANGELO CARCONI/EPA/Shutterstock)
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| 0:00.0 | Live from London, this is Andrew Peach with NewsHour. |
| 0:06.2 | Good to have you with us later in the programme. |
| 0:08.6 | We're going to take you to the Russian peninsula of Kamchatka, |
| 0:11.4 | where a volcano has erupted for the first time in hundreds of years. |
| 0:16.0 | There is a lot of areas where you can't walk because it's all covered by pine trees. And those pine |
| 0:22.6 | trees are about waist height. And there are a lot of bears hiding in those pines that want to |
| 0:31.5 | steal your lunch. Also today, the story of one man's obsession. I kept it a huge dark secret. |
| 0:41.0 | I tried to push people away. I tried to keep it to myself. |
| 0:45.6 | I wouldn't call it shame, but I wasn't sure if it was right or wrong. |
| 0:51.2 | I thought it was something I couldn't share with other people. |
| 0:54.8 | First, though, when a million Catholics descend on Rome for any special event, the energy is absolutely incredible. |
| 1:02.4 | I was there to cover the beatification of John Paul II for the BBC in 2011. |
| 1:07.6 | I can still see the faces of the sharp elbowed nuns I was thrust alongside in the huge crowd, |
| 1:14.1 | moving towards the Vatican at 4 o'clock in the morning. |
| 1:17.5 | Today the atmosphere is even more vibrant, with an open-air mass marking the combination of a youth pilgrimage with people from around the world. |
| 1:26.3 | In his address, Pope Leo pledged his support for young people in war zones. |
| 1:31.1 | In communion with Christ, our peace and hope for the world, |
| 1:36.8 | we are closer than ever to young people who suffer the most serious evils |
| 1:41.9 | which are caused by other human beings. |
| 1:46.3 | We are with the young people of Gaza. |
| 1:49.3 | We are with the young people of Ukraine. |
| 1:52.9 | The Pope addressing the gathered crowds, having arrived for that by helicopter. |
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