# Live: Pope Leo XIV to hold open-air Mass at Lourdes pilgrimage site

https://mins.news/en/item/75771

- France 24, 2026-09-27 07:44 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260927-live-pope-leo-xiv-to-hold-open-air-mass-in-lourdes-pilgrimage-site

> Pope Leo XIV is visiting Lourdes, France, this weekend during a four-day trip that marks the first official papal state visit to the country in 18 years. He is expected to celebrate an open-air Mass at the Lourdes Sanctuary in the morning and privately meet victims of clergy sexual abuse in the afternoon.

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