Pope’s visit to France likely to attract 1M people, with Mass and vigil in Paris and Lourdes trip
The four-day trip will include a 27 million euro fundraising effort, meetings with abuse survivors and migrants, and public events expected to draw more than 1 million people.
- Pope Leo XIV will begin a four-day official visit to France on Sept. 25, marking the first papal state trip to the country in 18 years and expected to attract more than 1 million people.
- Leo's Paris itinerary begins with a meeting with President Emmanuel Macron at the Palace, followed by a UNESCO speech, vespers at Notre Dame Cathedral, and travel to Lourdes for spiritual engagement.
- Organizers expect at least 500,000 people along the Champs and near the Arc de Triomphe during a popemobile procession, with the Mass displayed on 42 giant screens and the visit budgeted at 27 million euros .
- Leo will visit Metz to address European unity at a center named for Robert Schuman, while in Lourdes meeting seven survivors of sexual abuse; Pierre-Antoine Bozo, spokesperson for the bishops conference, said the Church is providing support.
- Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, president of the bishops conference, said the trip is "important for the country hosting him, but more broadly & the pope will also have very important things to say to the entire world." Leo will travel to Latin America in November.
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A popular craze takes place around the Pope's visit to France, scheduled for September 25-28. More than a million people are expected for the four major meetings of Leo XIV. The conference of bishops of France estimates 27 million euros of expenditure and launches a call for donations.
DECRYPTAGE - The French show an extraordinary momentum for Léon XIV's trip to Paris, Lourdes and Metz, which will take place from September 25-28.
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Pope’s visit to France likely to attract 1M people, with Mass and vigil in Paris and Lourdes trip
Pope Leo XIV will visit France later this month, with the Bishops’ Conference of France (CEF) expecting over 1 million people to attend.
France is considered the "oldest daughter of the Church". At the end of September, Pope Leo XIV visits the country. In addition to the capital city of Paris, there are also three other places.
At a little more than two weeks after the arrival of Leo XIV in France, the enthusiasm for the apostolic journey is confirmed. In Paris, 8,000 people register every day to attend the giant mass which the Pope will celebrate on 26 September, Place de la Concorde. The crowd announces particularly important for the first stage of the apostolic journey. The pope will be in Paris on 25 and 26 September, with a solemn mass scheduled for Saturday 26 Se…
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