World
Pope Leo XIV conducts massive mass in Paris: Vatican reports 700,000 attended
Hundreds of thousands crowded Champs-Elysees in Paris on Saturday for open-air mass by American Pope Leo XIV, with central city closed to traffic. According to Vatican estimate, 700,000 people attended mass, and pope drew people of different faiths and also non-believers. Enormous turnout attests to continuing appeal of Catholic Church in France, country that was once devoutly Catholic but is now officially secular.
· Source: Haaretz. Photo as published in article
Hundreds of thousands crowded Champs-Elysees in Paris on Saturday for open-air mass by American Pope Leo XIV under open sky, and Vatican estimated that 700,000 people attended mass.
Central Paris closed to traffic for American Pope Leo XIV, who conducted open mass on Champs-Elysees. According to Vatican estimate, 700,000 people attended mass.
According to report, pope drew people of different faiths and also people who are not believers. Paris resident who came with granddaughters said they came not only to see pope but to hear his message about peace and unity.
According to report, enormous turnout was evidence of continuing appeal of Catholic Church in France, country that was previously devoutly Catholic but is now officially secular.
Source: Haaretz
