Vatican City, Vatican - 25 March 2018 - The Eucharist on Palm Sunday, celebrated in St. Peter's Square by Pope Francis, effectively concluded the Pre-Synodal Meeting of young people. In the presence of many bishops, priests and thousands of boys and girls, Pope Francis recalled how Palm Sunday also marked the XXXIII World Youth Day, celebrated worldwide at the diocesan level, and prayed that the Mother of God accompany this new generation towards the October Synod and the World Youth Day in Panama, next January 2019.