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On his return flight from France, Pope Leo XIV describes the "four days of blessings" he experienced in France:
"The four days were literally filled with many blessings. Almost miracles, I would say, especially the time at Lourdes, walking with, accompanying so many people who are sick and suffering and seeing how the grace of God's presence manifested in many different ways, touches people's hearts, transforms their lives, and, to use an expression that I mentioned there, restores dignity to the sick, the elderly, those who in some parts of society are discarded.
So, there were many signs, many expressions, many symbols throughout the four days. And personally, I felt very blessed myself to have the privilege to visit France to encourage especially young people who are obviously searching for something.
It was so apparent at the stadium, the evening with 80,000 young people gathered together from around France and their enthusiasm and their joy and the sense of hope that they offered, but especially I think that they received and will be able to share with others.
So, amongst the many different things that we celebrated and lived during these four days I would say those are some of the highlights, and not to exclude others, but that that were quite significant. I'm very happy to have had you along on this trip, and if you have a few questions."
Au moment du "Salve Regina" j'ai éclaté en sanglots et j'ai pleuré. Des dizaines de milliers de jeunes qui chantent en latin, je n'ai jamais cru que c'était possible de connaître ça un jour.
Quelque chose s'est passé ce soir.❤️
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🚨 The Champs Elysee is completely FULL
This is unbelievable
The people have France have turned out in their hundreds of thousands to see Pope Leo XIV, the atmosphere is electric
Incredible! I don't know about you, but I am so moved to see what the Pope's visit means in France. He is being received almost like a rock star, but I think it would be a mistake to dismiss this simply as celebrity. In one of Europe’s most determinedly secular cultures, enormous crowds are turning out to see an elderly man dressed in white who comes speaking unapologetically about Christ, the Cross, holiness, vocation, human dignity and eternal things. Last night, 80,000 young people packed the Stade de France and chanted “Leo! Leo!”; today, some 600,000 people registered for the great outdoor Mass.
You cannot say that does not tell us something vital!
Secularism may have succeeded in pushing Christianity from much of public life, but it has not abolished the human hunger for transcendence. We still want to know what life means, why we are here, what is good, what is worth sacrificing for and whether death has the final word. Consumerism, politics and technology can occupy us; they cannot answer those questions & we recognise that is what the Pope represents.
And there is another remarkable dimension to these images. Regardless of what the sedevacantists argue, here is the Bishop of Rome travelling through France and being received quite unmistakably as the Pope. Not merely as another religious leader, but as the successor of Peter. For us Catholics, there is something wonderfully tangible here about Christ’s promise in Matthew 16:18. The papacy is not an abstraction or an internet theory. Peter has a successor, he has a name and a face & billions recognise what that office represents.
And then there is the extraordinary “soft power” of the Holy See. Leo can speak with presidents and diplomats in the morning, address UNESCO, enter Notre-Dame, fill a national stadium with young people and place questions of peace, human dignity, faith and the common good before an international audience within hours.
Very few human beings possess a platform remotely comparable to that.
Which is why the papacy matters so enormously. Used well, its moral authority can reach far beyond practising Catholics. What we are seeing in France is not merely the popularity of Pope Leo XIV. It is a glimpse of the extraordinary missionary potential of the Petrine office itself. The world may call itself secular. It does not appear to have stopped searching for God.
Hier soir, Jeanne d’Arc a fait son entrée au Stade de France ! 🇫🇷✨
À l’occasion de la visite du pape Léon XIV, elle était à l’honneur au cœur de la veillée des jeunes.
Quelle joie de voir cette grande figure de notre histoire célébrée devant un stade comble.
80 000 jeunes ont acclamé le pape telle une rock star au Stade de France, à Saint-Denis hier soir. Une veillée qui s'est achevée par un feu d'artifice tiré depuis le toit de l'enceinte. #JT13h
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Pope Leo has arrived in Lourdes as part of his visit to France, where he will lead a prayer in the town in the southwest of the country.
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Pope Leo XIV repeatedly stops along Paris' Champs-Élysées to bless babies as cheering crowds press toward the route.
Volunteers also bring children and people with disabilities forward for blessings while chants of the pope's name echo through the streets.
Hundreds of thousands line the route as Leo makes his way to an outdoor Mass at Place de la Concorde. He is scheduled to travel to Lourdes later Saturday before meeting with French clergy abuse victims Sunday.