Thousands turn out to see Pope during Lourdes and Paris visit
Reported by BBC News
Pope Leo XIV led a Mass in central Paris on Saturday, drawing thousands of people to see him, according to the headline.
After the Paris event, he went to Lourdes and prayed at the grotto associated with reports that the Virgin Mary appeared there in the 19th century.
French President Emmanuel Macron met the Pope on Friday but was absent from Saturday’s events. The article says this was largely to avoid the appearance of violating France’s separation of Church and state.
The visit brought the Pope to two prominent religious sites in France. The article gives no further schedule or details about what happens next.
Key points
- Leo XIV celebrated Mass in central Paris on Saturday.
- He later prayed at Lourdes’s grotto, linked to reported 19th-century appearances of the Virgin Mary.
- Macron met the Pope Friday but skipped Saturday’s events amid France’s church-state separation rules.