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Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass in Paris

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Pope Leo XIV celebrated an open-air Mass at the Place de la Concorde in Paris on Saturday, Sept. 26, telling the congregation that every person is unique and irreplaceable to God rather than just a number or a registry entry. Local authorities and the Vatican estimated that 800,000 people attended the event.

During his homily, the pope prayed that the Holy Spirit would flow throughout France. The celebration included six young men with Down syndrome serving as altar servers. Before the Mass began, the pope traveled nearly two miles in the popemobile from the Arche de Triomphe to the altar, while priests heard confessions on the sidewalks along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées.

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  1. Sep 26, 9:40 AM National Catholic Register Pope Leo XIV in Paris: No One ‘Is Merely a Number’
  2. Sep 26, 9:27 AM Catholic News Agency Pope Leo XIV in Paris: No one ‘is merely a number’
  3. Sep 26, 8:13 AM ACI Digital Português Ninguém ‘é apenas um número’, diz Leão XIV em Paris
  4. Sep 26, 10:35 AM ACI Prensa Español El Papa León XIV en París: Nadie “es un simple número”

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