Huge crowds greet Pope in Paris for open-air Mass
Hundreds of thousands of people have greeted Pope Leo XIV in the centre of Paris for a giant open-air Mass.
On Saturday, Pope Leo XIV greeted hundreds of thousands of onlookers in the heart of Paris for an open-air Mass. The crowd cheered as the pontiff rode past the Arc de Triomphe in his popemobile, waving to the people below. Blessing several infants, the Pope made several stops along the Champs-Élysées Avenue, where onlookers chanted his name.
The special altar for the ceremony was built at the Place de la Concorde. While French President Emmanuel Macron, who met Leo for an hour on Friday, did not attend any of the Pope's masses, his wife Brigitte and Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu were present. Several presidential election candidates, including Marine Le Pen and Bruno Retailleau, were also expected to attend.
Mayor Edouard Philippe and former Prime Minister Francois Fillon were seen at the Place de la Concorde before the event. On his visit to France, Pope Leo stressed the importance of women in building a civilisation of love and issued a warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence.
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