Paris: a historic mass in front of more than 600,000 faithful on the Champs-Élysées

Paris: a historic mass in front of more than 600,000 faithful on the Champs-Élysées

The mass scheduled for Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. on Avenue des Champs-Élysées, with an altar installed on Place de la Concorde, promises to be historic. A crowd of 600,000 faithful registered, which led the organizers to also open the Avenue de la Grande Armée - which extends that of the Champs-Élysées - and the Place de l'Arc de Triomphe, to welcome all those who would like to come and attend the mass presided over by Léon XIV but who were not able to register in time. The faithful can therefore come without registration, or even at the last minute, knowing that their location will not be ideal, despite the multiple giant screens. It was a commitment of the Church of France, which did not envisage refusing participants, while any Catholic mass must be accessible to anyone who wishes to follow it, without condition or constraint, and especially without registration. If this registration system was designed for this visit of the Pope, it was therefore to facilitate…