Thousands of people have greeted Pope Leo in Paris as he arrives in the French capital for an outdoor service ahead of a visit to Lourdes.
Over 600,000 Catholics registered to attend the mid-afternoon mass on Paris’s famous Place de la Concorde, for what is expected to be the biggest event of the Pontiff’s visit to France.
Spectators arrived on the Champs-Élysées before sunrise to try to secure the best view of Pope Leo, who was driven down the boulevard in an open-top popemobile.
INCROYABLE
There are close to a million people at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris to see Pope Leo XIV
These scenes are unbelievable pic.twitter.com/qgtuhdRIcP
— Catholic Arena (@CatholicArena) September 26, 2026
What an incredible sight. Hundreds of thousands of people filled the Champs-Élysées today to welcome Pope Leo to Paris. A Catholic revival is underway in one of Europe's most secular countries.pic.twitter.com/qZpsYcM0XD
— Giancarlo Sopo (@GiancarloSopo) September 26, 2026
