Vatican puts crowd at Pope Leo’s Paris Mass at about 700,000

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]