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A look back at the highlights of last week's news and his most striking images: Pope Leo XIV's arrival in Paris for a historic visit to France, the first game of the Blues since Zidane's arrival at their head, the speech of the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, at the 81st session of the UN General Assembly.
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.
After two days in Paris where he drew hundreds of thousands of worshippers, Pope Leo XIV will continue his visit to France on Sunday in the southwestern pilgrimage town of Lourdes with a private meeting with victims of clergy sexual abuse. The pope's four-day trip is the first official papal visit to France in nearly two decades.
Pope Leo XIV drew around 800,000 people to central Paris for an open-air Mass at Place de la Concorde
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.
After the world title of 2024, when she also won Olympic gold in Paris, the Frenchman Cassandre Beaugrand won a second world triathlon title on Saturday in Pontevedra (Spain), after an exceptional 2026 year.
🇻🇦👀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
🇫🇷 🇻🇦 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.
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.
🇻🇦👀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!
🇫🇷 🇻🇦 While #PopeLeo XIV rode down #Paris's iconic Champs-Élysées avenue to hold Mass, he took the opportunity to bless babies from the "popemobile
Hundreds of thousands of people packed Paris’ iconic Champs-Élysées avenue for Pope Leo XIV’s big outdoor Mass on Saturday, a sign of the Catholic Church’s enduring appeal in the once staunchly Catholic but officially secular country.
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.
Luke Shrago is live from Paris.
Around 700,000 people gathered in central Paris to hear the Catholic leader speak and offer prayer.
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.
Luke Shargo meets with Caroline Chevet, a volunteer, in Paris.
Philip Turle is live from Paris.
