Pope Leo Set for Largest Event of France Tour as Paris Crowds Swell
More than 600,000 people registered for the open-air service as Leo used the visit to urge French Catholics to persevere amid secular decline.
- Pope Leo XIV celebrated an outdoor Mass at Paris’s Place de la Concorde after greeting crowds during a popemobile parade along the Champs-Élysées.
- More than 600,000 people registered for the Mass, while central Paris faced road closures and major security measures.
- The event brought together Catholics, people of other faiths, and nonreligious attendees.
- Adult baptisms in France have increased since 2016, while overall baptisms, priests, and Catholic marriages have declined over the longer term.
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Hundreds of thousands turn out for Pope Leo's Mass in Paris
The Vatican has estimated that 700,000 people have turned out for Pope Leo XIV's Mass at Paris' iconic Place de la Concorde, a sign of the Catholic Church's enduring appeal in the once staunchly Catholic but officially secular country.
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France is considered the "oldest daughter of the Church". The relationship between Paris and the Vatican is not free of tensions - but nevertheless Leo XIV is celebrated by a huge crowd.
More than 600,000 faithful have attended the Mass officiated by Leo XIV in the Place de la Concorde in Paris, in the largest mass concentration that has been remembered since the mythical...
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