# Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass before hundreds of thousands in Lourdes

https://mins.news/en/video/76194

- The Associated Press, 2026-09-27 17:08 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5Oi65C_GKI

> Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass Sunday in a field facing the grotto at Lourdes before hundreds of thousands of faithful. The French Catholic shrine is associated with miraculous cures and is increasingly seen as a place of healing for survivors of clergy sexual abuse.

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