Live: More than half a million expected at pope’s open-air Mass in Paris

Live Issued on: 26/09/2026 - 08:59 Pope Leo XIV waves the crowd in the streets of Paris, on September 25, 2026. © Emma Da Silva, AP On his last day in Paris, Pope Leo XIV is set to celebrate an open-air Mass at the centrally located Place de la Concorde. Some 600,000 faithful are expected to attend Saturday’s enormous event, with crowds stretching all along the famed Champs-Élysées avenue. Follow our liveblog for all the latest on the pope's visit to France. (FRANCE 24 with AP, AFP and Reuters)