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Culture'A once-in-a-lifetime event': Faithful and curious flock to Pope Leo XIV's Mass in Paris

An estimated 700,000 people gathered along Paris’s Champs-Élysées and Place de la Concorde on Saturday for Pope Leo XIV’s open-air Mass, the centerpiece of his first official visit to France. Scouts, nuns, families and curious spectators said they came to pray quietly or try to catch a glimpse of Canadian singer Céline Dion.

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FFrance 24★★★☆☆2026-09-26 16:24Original

'A once-in-a-lifetime event': Faithful and curious flock to Pope Leo XIV's Mass in Paris
'A once-in-a-lifetime event': Faithful and curious flock to Pope Leo XIV's Mass in ParisCulture