Pope Leo Set for Largest Event of France Tour as Paris Crowds Swell
More than 600,000 people registered for the open-air service as Leo used the visit to urge French Catholics to persevere amid secular decline.
- About 700,000 people attended Pope Leo’s Mass at Paris’s Place de la Concorde, exceeding the 600,000 who registered beforehand.
- Pope Leo traveled through Paris in a popemobile along a two-kilometre route before the outdoor Mass.
- The four-day visit included prayer at Notre Dame and plans to visit Lourdes, where he will meet seven French clergy-abuse survivors.
- The gathering highlighted renewed interest in adult baptisms alongside France’s long-term decline in Catholic affiliation.
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Hundreds of thousands turn out for Pope Leo's Mass in Paris
The Vatican has estimated that 700,000 people have turned out for Pope Leo XIV's Mass at Paris' iconic Place de la Concorde, a sign of the Catholic Church's enduring appeal in the once staunchly Catholic but officially secular country.
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France is considered the "oldest daughter of the Church". The relationship between Paris and the Vatican is not free of tensions - but nevertheless Leo XIV is celebrated by a huge crowd.
More than 600,000 faithful have attended the Mass officiated by Leo XIV in the Place de la Concorde in Paris, in the largest mass concentration that has been remembered since the mythical...
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