Live: More than half a million expected at pope’s open-air Mass in Paris

We and our partners do the following data processing based on your consent: store and/or access information on a device, personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development Live: More than half a million expected at pope’s open-air Mass in Paris Pope Leo XIV waves the crowd in the streets of Paris, on September 25, 2026. © Emma Da Silva, AP On his last day in Paris, Pope Leo XIV is set to celebrate an open-air Mass at the centrally located Place de la Concorde. Some 600,000 faithful are expected to attend Saturday’s enormous event, with crowds stretching all along the famed Champs-Élysées avenue. Follow our liveblog for all the latest on the pope's visit to France.

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