# Huge security operation underway for Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France

https://mins.news/en/video/72261

- France 24 English, 2026-09-24 12:09 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMg4rZwTDaU

> Hundreds of thousands of worshippers and visitors are expected in Paris this weekend for Pope Leo XIV’s two-day visit, the first papal trip to France since 2008. Around 14,000 police officers, gendarmes and soldiers have been mobilised across the capital to provide maximum protection.

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