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After leaving Paris, Pope Leo XIV ended his second day in France in Lourdes, where he prayed at the Grotto of Massabielle, one of the Catholic Church’s major pilgrimage sites. He is the third pope to visit Lourdes, following Benedict XVI and John Paul II. On Sunday, the pontiff is due to celebrate another open-air mass before meeting privately with seven survivors of clerical sexual abuse.
A French inquiry found that members of the Church had abused around 330,000 people as minors over seven decades. Catherine Viette reports. Pope Leo XIV 600,000 people gather for Mass on the Champs-Élysées Pope Leo XIV calls to protect migrants during his official visit to France France's baptism boom as more young people seek catholic community Leo XIV in France: 700,000 crowd attend Pope mass in central Paris Leo XIV fills central Paris with around 600,000 people at giant outdoor Mass Leo XIV visits France: Pope blesses babies on way to giant Paris Mass Hundreds of thousands turn out for Pope's popemobile parade along Champs-Élysées Huge crowds cheer Pope Leo along Champs-Elysees ahead of Paris mass © 2026 Copyright France 24 - All rights reserved.
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