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More than 800,000 people filled the streets of central Paris to hear Pope Leo XIV say Mass on Saturday, according to Vatican estimates. The pontiff rounded out the second day of his four-day apostolic visit to France by praying at the Grotto of Massabielle in Lourdes, a renowned pilgrimage site for Catholics from across the world.
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Thousands of people participated on Saturday in climate marches throughout France, after a summer marked by heat records and a series of fires. Approximately 260 mobilizations were announced across the country to demand emergency climate action.
🇻🇦👀How do you get into one of the largest outdoor Mass in the world? Pope Leo XIV celebrated an open-air Mass in front of hundreds of thousands of faithful on Saturday, September 26, in Paris. France 24’s Stella Elgersma was there to tell you more! #Pope #France #LeoXIV
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.
The Pope's visit to Paris highlights issues of governance, celebration and equality between women and men in the Church. To talk about it, France 24 received Father François Euvé, Jesuit priest director of the magazine Etudes, and Constance Colonna Cesari, journalist specializing in the papacy.
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.
🇻🇦👀How do you get into one of the largest outdoor Mass in the world? Pope Leo XIV celebrated an open-air Mass in front of hundreds of thousands of faithful on Saturday, September 26, in Paris. France 24’s Stella Elgersma was there to tell you more!
Father Philip Larrey and Father Michael Baggott are on France 24.
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.
Vatican estimates 700,000 people in attendance as the Catholic religious leader continues four-day tour of France.
🇫🇷 🇻🇦 While #PopeLeo XIV rode down #Paris's iconic Champs-Élysées avenue to hold Mass, he took the opportunity to bless babies from the "popemobile
Luke Shrago talks to Father Grégoire Catta.
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.
The Pope is making the first official papal visit to France in 18 years, during which he is expected to meet survivors of sexual abuse.
Marches, rallies and citizen actions are organised this Saturday throughout France to demand emergency measures in the face of climate change. To talk about it, France 24 guest is Margot Jaymond, advocate for Amnesty International France.
Philip Turle is live from Paris.
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