# Hundreds of thousands expected in Paris for Pope Leo's visit

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- BBC News, 2026-09-24 23:17 UTC
- Culture
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmq8j904212po?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Pope Leo XIV begins a four-day visit to France on Friday, with a Mass in central Paris expected to draw about 600,000 Catholic faithful. He will also visit Lourdes and Metz, meet President Emmanuel Macron to discuss geopolitics and AI, and meet migrants and survivors of clergy sexual abuse.

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