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Hundreds of thousands turn out for Pope Leo’s Mass in Paris
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The visit began on Friday with his arrival and prayer at the restored Notre Dame cathedral, the first by a pope since the devastating 2019 fire.
Hundreds of thousands of people packed Paris' iconic Champs-Élysées avenue to attend an open-air Mass with Pope Leo XIV on Saturday, a sign of the Catholic Church's enduring appeal in the once...
PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people packed Paris’ iconic Champs-Élysées avenue for Pope Leo XIV’s big outdoor Mass on Saturday, a sign of the Catholic Church’s enduring appeal in the once staunchly Catholic but officially secular country. The American pope greeted the flag-waving, cheering throngs from his…