{
  "id": 10057052,
  "title": "Pope Leo XIV celebrates open-air Mass in front of 800,000 people in central Paris",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/pope-leo-xiv-celebrates-open-air-mass-in-front-of-800-000-people-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-26T20:28:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260926-pope-leo-xiv-celebrates-open-air-mass-in-front-of-800-000-people-in-central-paris"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pope Leo XIV celebrated an open-air Mass in central Paris, drawing an estimated 800,000 people to the event. The Mass took place on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, stretching from the Place de la Concorde to the Arc de Triomphe. According to SABC News, chants of \"Leo, Leo\" and \"Long live the Pope\" echoed through the crowd as the Pope arrived in an open-top popemobile, blessing people with disabilities, children, and babies.\n\nThe Pope urged Catholics to find happiness in faith, not material things, telling them that \"only God can fill the emptiness within us.\" The event was attended by several high-profile figures, including Brigitte Macron, the French president's wife, far-right leader Marine Le Pen, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, and Bernard Arnault, the billionaire chairman of French luxury group LVMH.\n\nAfter the Mass, the Pope traveled to Lourdes, a renowned pilgrimage site for Catholics, where he prayed at the Grotto of Massabielle, according to France 24. On Sunday, he was due to meet with French bishops, celebrate an outdoor Mass, and meet with staff and sick people at the Accueil Notre-Dame, as well as survivors of sexual abuse by priests and other Catholic personnel.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Several hundred thousand people gather for Pope Leo’s mass in Paris",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/several-hundred-thousand-people-gather-for-pope-leos-mass-in-paris",
        "published": "2026-09-26T15:43:11.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}