# Pope Leo XIV celebrates open-air Mass before 800,000 in central Paris

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- France 24, 2026-09-26 20:28 UTC
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- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260926-pope-leo-xiv-celebrates-open-air-mass-in-front-of-800-000-people-in-central-paris

> More than 800,000 people gathered in central Paris on Saturday for Pope Leo XIV’s Mass, according to Vatican estimates. On the second day of his four-day apostolic visit to France, the pontiff also prayed at the Grotto of Massabielle in Lourdes, a major Catholic pilgrimage site.

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