Concord

Pope Leo XIV led a large open-air Mass in central Paris, with the Vatican estimating around 800,000 worshippers packing the Champs-Élysées and Place de la Concorde. In his homily he urged Catholics to openly share their faith in what he called an increasingly secularized society. The event, a major moment of the papal visit to France, drew widespread attention and discussion of religion's public role in the country.