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Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Open-Air Mass in Front of 800,000 People in Central Paris
The Vatican estimated 800,000 attended, underscoring the church’s enduring reach in secular France as Leo urged Catholics to let their faith overflow.
- On Saturday, Pope Leo XIV celebrated an open-air Mass at Place de la Concorde in Paris, drawing an estimated 800,000 people via a 2-kilometer popemobile parade through the heart of the French Republic.
- Critics argued that sites like the Invalides were more appropriate based on France's 1905 law separating church and state, yet the turnout demonstrated the Catholic Church's enduring appeal in the officially secular country.
- Parisian entrepreneur Thierry Chen, who is not Catholic, attended to hear the pope's social justice message; Jean-Claude Farnabe turned 63 on Saturday and spent his morning securing a spot for the event.
- In his homily, Leo asked crowds to "let it overflow, so that those you meet may be refreshed and their thirst satisfied," encouraging French Catholics to persevere "even amid the thorns" of secular life.
- Following the Paris Mass, Pope Leo heads to Lourdes to visit the Grotto of the Apparitions of Massabielle, marking the next stage of his four-day visit to the holy shrine.
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An oceanic crowd yesterday for the ceremony in place de la Concorde. Leo XIV tries to rekindle Catholic pride: "Do not keep faith for yourselves, make it overflow." Today stop in Lourdes
·Rome, Italy
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Pope Leo XIV celebrates open-air Mass in front of 800,000 people in central Paris
More than 800,000 people filled the streets of central Paris to hear Pope Leo XIV say Mass on Saturday, according to Vatican estimates. The pontiff rounded out the second day of his four-day apostolic visit to France by praying at the Grotto of Massabielle in Lourdes, a renowned pilgrimage site for Catholics from across the world.
·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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