# Leo XIV arrives in Paris for France’s first papal state visit in 18 years

https://mins.news/en/item/75070

- France 24, 2026-09-26 09:22 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/leo-xiv-in-paris-pope-arrives-in-france-on-first-state-visit-in-18-years

> Pope Leo XIV has arrived in France for the first papal state visit there in 18 years. On Saturday, he is due to celebrate an open-air Mass at Paris’s Place de la Concorde and along the Champs-Élysées, with around 600,000 believers expected.

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