# Leo XIV draws around 600,000 to giant outdoor Mass in central Paris

https://mins.news/en/item/75334

- France 24, 2026-09-26 15:09 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/leo-xiv-fills-central-paris-with-around-600-000-people-at-giant-outdoor-mass

> Hundreds of thousands gathered along Paris’s iconic Champs-Élysées on Saturday for Pope Leo XIV’s large outdoor Mass. The turnout pointed to the Catholic Church’s lasting appeal in a country that was once staunchly Catholic but is officially secular today.

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