As part of the “Sport in Motion” photo contest, sponsored by the Dicastery for Culture and Education and aimed at young people under the age of 25, which took place between November 2024 and April 2025, the winners were announced. The overall goal of the contest was to unite three words that are not always close: youth - art - sports. For the same reason, the contest aims to reread the challenges of today's sports through the eyes of young people, those who have a clearer “look of hope”.

The contest had 49 valid entries, representing the five continents for a total of 81 photos in the competition. The photos had to focus on five themes (drawn from the Global Education Compact and the Jubilee theme): sport and disability, sport and family, sport and ecology, sport and politics, and sport and hope. 

For each category, the organization's jury chose three winning photos. And from the 15 winning photos (3 in each category), the first winning photo of the contest was chosen.

The first winner is Isaac Burjiwa, who competed in the category “sports and politics", with the title of the photo, “BLOOM - Where the War Fails”. His photo was taken in the neighborhood of Goma (North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo), and shows children playing soccer with a makeshift ball made of plastic bags. As the author himself describes in the photo's caption, "the joy of these children is transformed into hope. Through their simple gestures, these children remind us that in the midst of chaos, something still grows: an invisible, but very real light. Where war fails, childhood flourishes in peace, unity and humanity".

You can see all 15 winning photos here: