World France 24 English · 2026-09-26T15:09:57Z · 1 min read

Leo XIV fills central Paris with around 600,000 people at giant outdoor Mass

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.

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