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Leo XIV says in Paris it is possible 'to live together in dignity and peace'
Vivienne Walt of Time Magazine is our guest. Seema Gupta is live from Rome, and Mélina Guet live from Paris.
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Leo XIV in Paris: 600,000 worshippers excepted for open-air mass
Luke Shargo is live from Paris.
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At Bakhita House, Leo XIV meets exiled people
Prior to the planned mass in Paris, Pope Leo XIV went to the Bakhita House, a reception and accompaniment centre for exiled people. Explanations with Mélina Huet, special envoy, Constance Colonna Cesari, journalist specializing in the Papacy, and Pierre Jova, journalist "La Vie".
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Pope Leo XIV in the face of the revival of Catholicism among French youth
On his second day of visit to Paris, Pope Leo XIV is expected at the Catholic Institute. At the heart of this exchange: the rise of baptisms among adolescents and young adults, in a France marked by secularization. France 24 provided an update with Constance Colonna Cesari, a journalist specializing in the papacy.
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Leo XIV in Paris: Pope arrives in France on first state visit in 18 years
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.
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Pope Leo XIV visits France and meets migrants and margialised people
Mélina Huet is live from Paris.
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Live: Vatican estimates 700,000 people have gathered for Pope Leo's Mass in central Paris
Pope Leo XIV held an outdoor Mass at Paris’s Place de la Concorde before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of believers on Saturday. The Vatican estimated that some 700,000 people had gathered for the giant open-air event. Follow our liveblog for all the latest on the pope's four-day visit to France.
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Pope Leo XIV welcomed like a rock star at Stade de France near Paris
"For the pope, for God, make some noise!": Blending gospel and contemporary Christian music, 80,000 young Catholics filled the Stade de France on Friday evening to proclaim their faith. They gave Pope Leo XIV a rock-star welcome as he arrived at the stadium in his 'popemobile'.
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Pope Leo XIV warns AI could undermine humanity during France visit
Thousands gather in Paris as the pope warns against a 'paradise of machines' at the Elysee Palace.
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Leo XIV: Relive Vespers at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris
Léon XIV greeted Friday the "splendour" of Notre-Dame de Paris, restored after the devastating fire of 2019, assuring that "the heart of a people" was beating in this place. He was the first pope to visit the cathedral since its reopening in late 2024.
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"Let his message awaken France": the hope of young Catholics before Pope Leo XIV
Many young people were present on Friday in the crowd gathered in the streets of Paris to see Pope Leo XIV in his papamobile. Among them, several members of the Anuncio group, which practises evangelization on the street. The objective: to share their faith with those present during this historic visit of the head of the Church.
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Leo XIV in Paris: A look at the vespers evening prayer at Notre-Dame
On Friday, Pope Leo XIV praised the "splendor" of Notre-Dame de Paris, which has been restored following the devastating fire of 2019, saying "the heart of a people" beats within this place. He is the first pope to visit the cathedral since its reopening in 2024.
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‘I hope France wakes up’: Young Catholics flood the streets for Pope Leo's Paris visit
Armed with paper fortune-tellers and pop worship songs, young French Catholics from the Anuncio movement fanned out into the crowds awaiting Pope Leo XIV's arrival in Paris on Friday, hoping to bring strangers closer to God in one of Europe's most secular countries.
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Pope in Paris, Xi in DC, AI at a Crossroads
It’s been a week of walkouts, power plays and diplomatic theatre — from a battle over press freedom in Washington, to a United Nations General Assembly marked by protests and departures, as leaders clashed over Iran, Cuba and Venezuela. There was also a rare red-carpet meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, as the US and China extended their trade truce and turned their attention to the race for dominance in artificial intelligence. And from the geopolitical to the spiritual, Pope Leo brought his call for restraint and regulation of AI to France, as he sought to position the Vatican as a
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End of the Vespers of Pope Leo XIV: Meeting with the Mayor of Paris in front of Notre-Dame
After presiding over the Vespers on Friday 25 September at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, Pope Leo XIV met the Mayor of Paris, Emmanuel Grégoire, before closing his first day of visit at the Stade de France tonight.
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Leo XIV in France: what to remember from the Pope's homily at Notre-Dame?
The first pope to visit Notre-Dame de Paris since its reopening at the end of 2024, Léon XIV greeted Friday 25 September the "splendeur" of the restored building after the devastating fire of 2019 and the "excellence" of French know-how. The faithful attended his homily fervently, the thousands of people present on the court were greatly concentrated at the ceremony. The details of Natalia Mendoza, journalist in France 24.
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Pope Leo XIV wanders in the streets of Paris
After official receptions at the Elysée and then at Unesco, Pope Leo XIV walked through the streets of Paris aboard his papamobile. "It's extraordinary" told the microphone of France 24 a man who came to attend at that time.
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Africa: 2nd edition of the Soninké World Fair in Paris
The « Salon du monde Soninke » returns to Paris for its 2nd edition, on 26 and 27 September. A major event for one of the oldest sub-Saharan diasporas in France. Mams Yaffa, co-organiser of the Salon, was the guest of the JTA on Thursday.
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Léon XIV in France: first papal visit to Notre-Dame de Paris since its reopening
Pope Leo XIV arrived Friday, September 25 in the afternoon on the square of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, acclaimed by thousands of people, to celebrate Vespers for an audience of clergymen, deacons and seminarians. The explanations of Natalia Mendoza, correspondent for France 24.
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Pope Leo XIV rides through Paris in the popemobile to Notre-Dame
Watch our special FRANCE 24 coverage of Pope Leo XIV's visit to Paris as the pontiff travelled through the French capital in the popemobile on his way to Notre-Dame Cathedral, where our journalist Claire Paccalin was reporting live. During the special edition, Father Michael Baggot, professor of theology, also analysed the images and explained why Pope Leo XIV has made transhumanism and the ethical challenges of artificial intelligence a recurring theme of his pontificate.