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'You Are Not a Burden': Pope Leo Challenges France's Assisted-Dying Law at Lourdes

Pope Leo XIV told sick and disabled pilgrims at Lourdes that they are not a burden, while warning healthcare workers against assisted dying and urging greater support for palliative care.

International Business Times UK · Sep 27

Pope Leo XIV urges French Church to continue fight against sexual abuse

Speaking in Lourdes on Sunday morning, the Pope addressed the issue of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, a closely watched aspect of his visit.

Euronews · Sep 27

Pope Leo urges healing of ‘deep wounds’ before meeting child sexual abuse survivors in France

Pontiff also uses visit to Catholic shrine at Lourdes to criticise assisted dying as ‘false compassion’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27

Pope Leo XIV draws 800,000 faithful to Paris before emotional Lourdes pilgrimage

Pope Leo XIV celebrated a huge outdoor Mass in Paris, then travelled to Lourdes to pray at the grotto, greet pilgrims and continue his French pilgrimage.

Euronews · Sep 26

Pope Leo XIV celebrates open-air Mass in front of 800,000 people in central Paris

More than 800,000 people filled the streets of central Paris to hear Pope Leo XIV say Mass on Saturday, according to Vatican estimates. The pontiff rounded out the second day of his four-day apostolic visit to France by praying at the Grotto of Massabielle in Lourdes, a renowned pilgrimage site…

France 24 · Sep 26

Pope Leo arrives in Lourdes for second leg of France visit after historic Paris crowds

Pope 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.

Euronews · Sep 26

Pope Leo XIV Addresses Trump Media Ban: 'You Are All Welcome'

Pope Leo XIV welcomed journalists amid a dispute over White House access for CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO, while stressing that he was not directly commenting on the lawsuit.

International Business Times UK · Sep 26

Pope Leo draws 800,000 people to iconic Paris square for open-air Mass

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The Independent UK · Sep 26

'A once-in-a-lifetime event': Faithful and curious flock to Pope Leo XIV's Mass in Paris

Some 700,000 people are estimated to have packed the Champs-Élysées and Place de la Concorde in Paris on Saturday for Pope Leo XIV's open-air Mass, the high point of his first official visit to France. Scouts, nuns, families and curious onlookers told FRANCE 24 why they came, from quiet prayer…

France 24 · Sep 26

Hundreds of thousands turn out for Pope Leo's popemobile parade along Champs-Elysees ahead of Mass

Pope Leo XIV conducted an outdoor Mass in Paris that drew an estimated 700,000 people to the Champs-Elysees. The event highlighted the continuing appeal of the Catholic Church in a predominantly secular France. Many attendees included people of various faiths and backgrounds seeking a message of peace and unity. Attendance…

The Economic Times · Sep 26