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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.
🇻🇦👀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.
🇻🇦👀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.
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 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.
Pope Leo XIV said on a visit to France on Friday that "authentic secularity" should not exclude religion, in a country where law has for more than a century separated church and state. "An authentic secularity, then, consists not in excluding religion from the public sphere or from education, but in striving to ensure that the state and religious institutions maintain dialogue and join forces in the service of the common good," he said.
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.
Mélina Huet is live from 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.
Pope Leo XIV drew huge crowds on the first Papal visit to France in 18 years.
"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'.
Thousands gather in Paris as the pope warns against a 'paradise of machines' at the Elysee Palace.
