Thousands of pilgrims filled Lourdes on Sunday evening for a candlelit procession with Pope Leo XIV, as he brought his four-day visit to France to a close.
Thousands of faithful accompanied Pope Leo XIV in a candle procession this Sunday evening at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France on the third day of the visit to the country. The pontiff walked behind the statue of the Virgin Mary while praying the third in several languages.
Many hours of pilgrims in Lourdes waited for the high point of the Pope's visit on Sunday with the light procession with Leo XIV. Teresa Kammerlander was on site for DOMARDIO.DE and reports on the atmospheric atmosphere.
On the evening of September 27, thousands of pilgrims gathered in Lourdes, France, for a candlelight procession attended by Pope Leo XIV, concluding a four-day visit to France.