Pope Leo encouraged vocations to the priesthood in meeting with French altar servers

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Every Catholic at Mass, but especially the altar servers, should rejoice that they are in the presence of Jesus, Pope Leo XIV said. The young men and women, between the ages of 12 and 20, were making a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome. A misfortune for the church.”Pope Leo prayed that the young men would “discover the beauty, the joy and the need for such a vocation. “Dear altar servers, the celebration of the Mass saves us today! It saves the world today,” Pope Leo said.