# Leo XIV arrives in Paris for France’s first papal state visit in 18 years

https://mins.news/en/video/75073

- France 24 English, 2026-09-26 09:22 UTC
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- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ87vaTveYQ

> Pope Leo XIV has arrived in France for the country’s first papal state visit in 18 years. On Saturday, he is due to celebrate an open-air Mass at Paris’s Place de la Concorde and the adjoining Champs-Elysees, drawing around 600,000 believers.

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