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'A once-in-a-lifetime event': faithful and curious flock to Pope Leo XIV's mass in Paris

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'A once-in-a-lifetime event': faithful and curious flock to Pope Leo XIV's mass in Paris

'A once-in-a-lifetime event': faithful and curious flock to Pope Leo XIV's mass in Paris

An estimated 700,000 people packed the Champs-Élysées and Place de la Concorde in Paris on Saturday for Pope Leo XIV's open-air Mass, the highlight of his first official visit to France. Scouts, nuns, families and curious onlookers told FRANCE 24 why they came, from a silent prayer to the hope of spotting Canadian singer Celine Dion.

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