Huge crowds cheer Pope Leo as he leads open-air Mass in Paris
Pope Leo XIV drew around 800,000 people to central Paris for an open-air Mass at Place de la Concorde
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Pope Leo XIV drew around 800,000 people to central Paris for an open-air Mass at Place de la Concorde
🇫🇷 🇻🇦 During #Pope Leo XIV's giant Mass at the Place de la Concorde in #Paris on Saturday, he spoke directly to Catholic youth, calling them the "Church of today". The pontiff made efforts to connect with young people during his visit, holding a youth vigil at the Stade de #France on Friday.
On the occasion of the Pope's visit to France, we asked a few young people who were waiting to attend the Mass given on the Place de la Concorde what they felt, what the papal figure represented and what they would like to see Leo XIV in the coming days.
Before arriving at the Place de la Concorde to open Mass, Pope Leo XIV marched in papamobile along the Champs Elysees. He took advantage of this privileged moment with the crowd to bless babies and young children.
Pope Leo XIV celebrates a solemn mass in the open air Place de la Concorde, in front of an immense crowd gathered also on the Champs Elysees and Avenue de la Grande-Armée. To comment on this highlight of his visit to France, our journalists Marie Schuster and Florence Gaillard are on site, accompanied on stage by Father François Euvé, Jesuit priest and director of the magazine Etudes, as well as Constance Colonna Cesari, journalist specializing in the papacy.
Some 700,000 people are estimated to have packed the Champs-Élysées and Place de la Concorde in Paris on Saturday for Pope Leo XIV's open-air Mass, the high point of his first official visit to France. Scouts, nuns, families and curious onlookers told FRANCE 24 why they came, from quiet prayer to hopes of spotting Canadian singer Céline Dion.
The pope addressed around 700,000 people during a Mass at the Place de la Concorde, near the Champs-Elysees. Leo XIV is on a four-day visit to France.
Around 600,000 people have registered to attend a Mass at the Place de la Concorde, near the Champs-Elysees. Pope Leo XIV is on a four-day visit to France.
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Pope Leo XIV is to celebrate an open-air mass for some 600,000 believers on Saturday on the French capital's Place de la Concorde and adjoining Champs-Elysees.