Leo opened his pilgrimage in Lourdes with a prayer at the Grotto of the Apparitions, the site where Catholics believe the Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 and one of the faith's most-visited shrines. Pope Leo XIV arrived in Lourdes on Saturday evening, landing at Tarbes-Lourdes-»»»

Share: Pope Leo XIV travels in the popemobile on the Champs-Élysées near the Arc de Triomphe to celebrate an open-air Mass at the Place de la Concorde during his four-day apostolic journey to France, Sept. 26, 2026. (OSV News/Reuters/Benoit Tessier) Paris- Crowds stretched the length of the Avenue »»»

World World An estimated 800,000 people pack the Champs-Élysées as Pope Leo tells Catholics faith, not material things, brings true happiness. Pope Leo waves from the popemobile on his way to the Place de la Concorde to celebrate an open-air Mass during his four-day apostolic journey to France, in »»»