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The visit of Leo XIV gives reservations to Metz and Lourdes. In Paris, hotel activity is also increasing, but the Pope's effect remains difficult to isolate. There is still no consolidated balance sheet to measure the economic benefits of these four days at this time.
After three days marked by popular enthusiasm and crowds of worshippers in Paris and Lourdes, Pope Leo XIV will end his four-day visit to France on Monday in the northeastern city of Metz with a Mass and a speech about the future of European integration.
In Lourdes, on the third day of his visit to France, Pope Leo XIV devoted almost two hours on Sunday to a private meeting with seven victims of sexual abuse in the church, who claimed to have felt "truly heard." The Pope also took a firm position on the issue of death, stating that "it is impossible to consider taking away life as normal" and advocating the continued development of palliative care.
Head of the Roman Catholic Church holds 'emotional' two-hour meeting with seven survivors in French town of Lourdes.
On the third day of his visit, Pope Leo XIV directed a mass in Lourdes, where he made a new call to the French bishops to continue to fight sexual abuse within the Church. The Pontiff will meet with seven victims of abuse in a private meeting.
After two days in Paris, where he drew hundreds of thousands of worshippers, Pope Leo XIV is continuing his visit to France in the southwestern pilgrimage town of Lourdes. There, he is due to meet privately with survivors of clergy sexual abuse. His four-day trip is the first official papal visit to France in nearly two decades. For more reaction, we can speak to Marc Artzrouni, the French representative for the global coalition “Ending Clergy Abuse”.
Daniel Duigou, priest in the diocese of Paris and journalist, is our guest.
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday encouraged the French bishops to "continue" their action in the face of the "douloulous scourge" of child criminality in the Church, during a closed meeting in Lourdes.
Natalia Mendoza is live from Lourdes.
In the face of some 150,000 faithful gathered in Lourdes, Pope Leo XIV called on the Church to recognize and heal the wounds caused by sexual abuse. Later, in the face of sick or disabled people, he rejected assisted death and warned against "false compassion." The Pontiff also met with seven victims of abuses by the French clergy and reaffirmed his commitment to prevent other people from suffering similar damage, according to the Vatican.
French bishops took "courageous" steps when faced with "the painful scourge of abuse of minors," Pope Leo XIV told the high-ranking clerics before his scheduled meeting with survivors at the Catholic shrine of Lourdes.
Pope Leo spoke to bishops before leading a service attended by thousands of worshippers in France.
Pope Leo XIV continued his visit to France in Lourdes, at the major Catholic pilgrimage site in the foothills of the Pyrenees, where he celebrated mass before around 150,000 people. Hendro Munstermann, a Vatican correspondent for the Dutch newspaper Nederland Dagblad, joins us from Lourdes to share his impressions and tell us more about the Pope’s visit.
Leon XIV will fly Monday morning to Metz for the last stage of his visit, a more European and interreligious sequence.
Natalia Mendoza is live from Lourdes.
Arnaud Gallais, President of the Mouv'enfants association, is our guest.
Third day of visit to France for Pope Leo XIV. Arriving in Lourdes last night, the pontiff presided over Sunday Mass on the Sanctuary Prairie before meeting, at the end of the day, victims of sexual violence in the Church. Follow our direct.
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday described assisted dying as “not normal”, warning believers in the Catholic pilgrimage site of Lourdes to “reject the temptation to cause death under the guise of false compassion”. France's parliament passed legislation in June establishing a right to assisted dying for some adults suffering from an incurable condition. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments.
After leaving Paris, Pope Leo XIV ended his second day in France in Lourdes, where he prayed at the Grotto of Massabielle, one of the Catholic Church’s major pilgrimage sites. He is the third pope to visit Lourdes, following Benedict XVI and John Paul II. On Sunday, the pontiff is due to celebrate another open-air mass before meeting privately with seven survivors of clerical sexual abuse. A French inquiry found that members of the Church had abused around 330,000 people as minors over seven decades. Catherine Viette reports.
After two days in Paris where he attracted more than a million people, Léon XIV continued his visit to Lourdes on Sunday in France, with a new mass and a much awaited appointment with victims of sexual violence in the Church.
