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The Vatican estimated that about 700,000 people attended Pope Leo XIV’s open-air Mass at Place de la Concorde in Paris on Saturday.
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Pope Leo XIV celebrated an open-air Mass at Place de la Concorde on Saturday. Before the service, he travelled along the Champs-Élysées in the popemobile as crowds waved French and Vatican flags. Much of central Paris was cordoned off, and dozens of screens were set up for people watching from farther away. [1]
President Emmanuel Macron did not attend the Mass, though his wife Brigitte was present. [1]
Leo arrived in France on Friday, when he visited Notre-Dame and met Macron. An estimated 300,000 people lined his route through Paris that day. [1]
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