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200 confessionals greet pilgrims for Jubilee of Youth
August 01, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Young people arriving in Rome for the Jubilee of Youth, which will be celebrated on Saturday, August 2, were invited to join Friday in a day dedicated to the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Jubilee organizers set up 200 open-air confessionals in the Circus Maximus, with priests hearing confessions in Italian, Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, and Polish throughout the day. Confessors for German, Hungarian, Slovak, Korean, and Chinese speakers were available at listed times.
To help young people prepare for the sacrament, the Youcat Foundation distributed 10,000 copies of a book on confession.
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