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

PBS NewsHour reports: Your support keeps PBS News free and accessible. Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press John Leicester, Associated Press John Leicester, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people packed Paris' iconic Champs-Élysées avenue to attend an open-air Mass with Pope Leo XIV on Saturday, a sign of the Catholic Church's enduring appeal in the once staunchly Catholic but officially secular country.

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