
A four-day trip marks a new chapter for Catholics in France
The first apostolic visit of Pope Leo XIV to France marks four days of light and peace, following in the footsteps of the historic visits of John Paul II.
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Leo XIV's visit recalls the previous historic visits of John Paul II to France in 1980 and WYD in 1997.
France has just experienced four astonishing days of light and peace, depth and joy. The first apostolic visit of Pope Leo Church, are you faithful to the promises of your baptism? »
Nearly twenty years later, hundreds of thousands of young people from all over the world renewed the promises of their baptism in the blessed and starry night of Longchamp, surrounding ten young catechumens baptized by John Paul II, the vanguard of those who today flock to the doors of our churches. Thirty years have passed and Leo XIV has just gathered in Paris, Saint-Denis, Lourdes and Metz…

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