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Pope Leo XIV welcomed by young Catholics at Stade de France
France 24 reported that about 80,000 young Catholics gathered near Paris for prayer and Christian music as the pope arrived by popemobile.
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About 80,000 young Catholics gathered at Stade de France near Paris on Friday evening for prayer and gospel and contemporary Christian music, according to France 24.
Pope Leo XIV arrived at the stadium in his popemobile. France 24 described the crowd’s response as a “rock-star welcome”.
The gathering brought together young Catholics to proclaim their faith through music. The supplied report gives no further details of the programme.
The stadium event was separate from the pope’s evening prayer service at Notre-Dame during his Paris visit.
