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Pope Leo XIV in France: mass, meeting with migrants and visiting Lourdes

A tide of faithful received Pope Leo XIV on the second day of his visit to France. The Pontiff led a mass in the Plaza de la Concordia and later visited the Maison Bakhita, where he met with migrants from different countries. During its activities, it highlighted the role of women in building a more just and inclusive society. The visit will continue in Lourdes, one of the world's main Catholic pilgrimage destinations. In addition, the Pope plans to meet with victims of abuse by members of the clergy.

Report from Paris: 700,000 people attended the Eucharist of León XIV

Some 700,000 people gathered early in the Champs-Elysées and the Plaza de la Concordia for the presence of the mass of Pope Leo XIV, making the event the most popular of their papacy so far. Our journalist Erika Olavarría extended the information about his message in the homily and the following events of his visit.

Ο Live: about 600,000 faithful attend the Mass of Pope Leo XIV in the Plaza de la Concordia in Paris

Ο Live: follow the passage of Pope Leo XIV through the Champs-Elysées and the acts in the Plaza de la Concordia

Live: follow the passage of Pope Leo XIV through the Champs Elysées and the Plaza de la Concordia

On the second day of his first visit to France, Leo XIV went to the Catholic Institute of Paris, where he spoke with future and newly baptized, witnesses to the dynamism of the Catholic Church among certain sectors of youth. This afternoon it will hold an outdoor mass in the Plaza de la Concordia and in the Champs-Elysées, where some 600 000 faithful are expected to attend. Follow our live broadcast.

Increased baptisms, madness for the Pope: is France living a "spring of Catholicism"?

More than 600,000 people are expected to attend the Mass of Pope Leo XIV on Saturday, September 26 in Paris's Plaza de la Concordia. The tickets for the youth vigil at the Stade de France were exhausted in just a few hours. How can this fervor be understood, given that the number of Catholic faithful has steadily decreased in France for decades? Is it a sign of a rebirth, especially considering that, at the same time, more adults are baptized each year?

With great expectation, France is preparing to receive Pope Leo XIV after 18 years

In the Plaza de la Concordia the immense stage for Pope Leo XIV is finished, which will receive 600,000 people for an outdoor mass. On September 25, the Pontiff will arrive in France, a country that a Pope did not officially visit for 18 years, when Benedict XVI travelled there in 2008. His four-day tour will begin in Paris, then visit the Lourdes shrine and end in Metz on September 28. The Parisians are waiting for the arrival of the high Pontiff, and the Catholics prepare to receive him.

France prepares to receive Lion XIV

The fears generated by the development of Artificial Intelligence and the weakening of global multilateralism will mark Pope Leo XIV's visit to France, scheduled for September 25-28. The great expectation generated in Paris has made it necessary to extend the capacity of the central event: the great mass to be held on Saturday 26 in the square of the Concordia. Why France? At First Plana we analyzed the keys to the papal visit.