Pope Leo Set for Largest Event of France Tour as Paris Crowds Swell
Around 600,000 worshippers were expected as Leo celebrated the centerpiece of his France visit and urged Catholics to persevere in a secular country.
- On Saturday, Pope Leo XIV celebrated an open-air mass for 700,000 faithful in Paris, riding the popemobile along the iconic Champs Elysees to cheers from crowds clutching French and Vatican flags.
- During a Friday procession toward Notre Dame Cathedral, 300,000 people greeted Leo, who urged France to remain a "tireless champion of peace" while warning against an AI-driven "paradise of machines."
- Political figures including far-right leader Marine Le Pen and former president Nicolas Sarkozy attended the event, though President Emmanuel Macron did not attend and was represented by his wife Brigitte.
- In Lourdes on Sunday, Leo will meet seven victims of clerical sex abuse, addressing a 2021 inquiry that found clergy or lay members had abused about 330,000 minors in France over seven decades.
- For the final leg in Metz on Monday, Leo is expected to deliver a speech about peace in Europe, a significant message as France prepares for the April-May election amid low regular church attendance.
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El ComercioSecond mass bath of Pope Leo XIV on his visit to Paris, where on board the popemobile he toured this Saturday the Champs-Elysées, where he was chanted by the hundreds of thousands of people who had gathered to listen to the Mass that will officiate from the Square of the Concordia.
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PARIS (ANP/AFP) - Pope Leo XIV held a massive open-air mass at the Place de la Concorde in Paris. According to the Vatican, some 700,000 people attended the service. Leo was driven down the Champs-Élysées in the popemobile before the mass. He was waved at by large crowds with d...
Hundreds of thousands turn out for Pope Leo along Champs-Élysées
PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people packed Paris’ iconic Champs-Élysées avenue for Pope Leo XIV’s big outdoor Mass on Saturday, a sign of the Catholic Church’s enduring appeal in the once staunchly Catholic but officially secular country. The American pope greeted the flag-waving, cheering throngs from his popemobile during a 2-kilometer (1.2-mile) parade […]
Pope celebrates giant Paris mass in landmark visit
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday celebrated an open-air mass in front of hundreds of thousands of faithful in Paris after riding in the popemobile along the iconic Champs Elysees to the cheers of vast crowds clutching French and Vatican flags. The leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics is on a four-day trip to France, a secular country with deep Catholic roots, with his trip stirring enthusiasm and spiritual fervour among the faithful. In the highl…
Ottumwa Courier
Pope Leo XIV fills central Paris with 700,000-strong crowd and fervor at giant outdoor Mass
Pope Leo XIV draws hundreds of thousands to Paris’ Champs-Élysées for a massive outdoor Mass. On Saturday, the American pope greeted cheering crowds from his popemobile during a parade leading to Place de la Concorde. The Vatican estimates 700,000 people…
Hundreds of thousands turn out for Pope Leo along Champs-Élysées ahead of mass in Paris
Hundreds of thousands of people packed Paris's iconic Champs-Élysées avenue for Pope Leo XIV's big outdoor mass on Saturday, a sign of the Catholic Church's enduring appeal in the once staunchly Catholic but officially secular country.
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