PARIS: Pope Leo XIV will hold a mass on Sept. 26 on the Place de la Concorde and adjoining Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris during a state visit, the French capital’s archbishop Laurent Ulrich said on Friday.
The pope will be in France from Sept. 25 to 28 for the first official state visit by a pontiff in 18 years.
The mass on the iconic avenue in central Paris will be held in the early afternoon and is expected to draw 500,000 people, according to the diocese.
On Sept. 25, a gathering with young people is also planned at the Stade de France stadium in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, Ulrich added.
“We want these events to be open to as many people as possible, who will no doubt be coming from all over France,” said the archbishop.
