<p>Hundreds of thousands of young people attended Rome’s equivalent of ‘Catholic Woodstock’ over the weekend, and Pope Leo made an appearance as the festival's guest star. CNN Vatican Correspondent Christopher Lamb reports.</p>
What Pope Leo's gathering with Gen Z tells us about his papacy

Hundreds of thousands of young people attended Rome’s equivalent of ‘Catholic Woodstock’ over the weekend and Pope Leo made an appearance as the festival's guest star. CNN Vatican Correspondent Christopher Lamb reports.

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<p>Hundreds of thousands of young people attended Rome’s equivalent of ‘Catholic Woodstock’ over the weekend, and Pope Leo made an appearance as the festival's guest star. CNN Vatican Correspondent Christopher Lamb reports.</p>
What Pope Leo's gathering with Gen Z tells us about his papacy
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