Some 70,000 teenagers participated in a Mass in St. Peter’s Square, celebrating the Jubilee Year of Mercy.
In his homily, the Pope drew them to the way of happiness as he told them it consists of learning how to love.
Genuine love, he said, is a love that shines forth in their way of life.
“Don’t be content with mediocrity,” the pope said, urging the teens to strive for the real treasure that is a life with Christ.