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Pope’s visit to France likely to attract 1M people, with Mass and vigil in Paris and Lourdes trip
The four-day trip will include a 27 million euro fundraising effort, meetings with abuse survivors and migrants, and public events expected to draw more than 1 million people.
- Pope Leo XIV will begin a four-day official visit to France on Sept. 25, marking the first papal state trip to the country in 18 years and expected to attract more than 1 million people.
- Leo's Paris itinerary begins with a meeting with President Emmanuel Macron at the Palace, followed by a UNESCO speech, vespers at Notre Dame Cathedral, and travel to Lourdes for spiritual engagement.
- Organizers expect at least 500,000 people along the Champs and near the Arc de Triomphe during a popemobile procession, with the Mass displayed on 42 giant screens and the visit budgeted at 27 million euros .
- Leo will visit Metz to address European unity at a center named for Robert Schuman, while in Lourdes meeting seven survivors of sexual abuse; Pierre-Antoine Bozo, spokesperson for the bishops conference, said the Church is providing support.
- Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, president of the bishops conference, said the trip is "important for the country hosting him, but more broadly & the pope will also have very important things to say to the entire world." Leo will travel to Latin America in November.
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DECRYPTAGE - The French show an extraordinary momentum for Léon XIV's trip to Paris, Lourdes and Metz, which will take place from September 25-28.
·Paris, France
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Pope’s visit to France likely to attract 1M people, with Mass and vigil in Paris and Lourdes trip
Pope Leo XIV will visit France later this month, with the Bishops’ Conference of France (CEF) expecting over 1 million people to attend.
·New York, United States
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Twelve and a half weeks before the Pope's visit to France, organizers are expecting well over a million people in Paris.
·Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
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Total News Sources12
Leaning Left7Leaning Right1Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution64% Left
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- 64% of the sources lean Left
64% Left
L 64%
C 27%
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