Crowds line Place de la Concorde on second day of pontiff’s first official papal visit to France in 18 years Hundreds of thousands of people lined the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris on Saturday to attend an open-air mass with Pope Leo, on the second day of his visit to France.
The Vatican estimated 700, 000 people turned out for the outdoor mass with the 71-year-old American pope – about 100, 000 more than the number of people who had registered to attend. Continue reading...