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Pope Leo XIV held an outdoor Mass at Paris’s Place de la Concorde before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of believers on Saturday. The Vatican estimated that some 700,000 people had gathered for the giant open-air event. Follow our liveblog for all the latest on the pope's four-day visit to France.
Pope Leo XIV held an outdoor Mass at Paris’s Place de la Concorde before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of believers on Saturday. Almost 600,000 people had registered to attend the giant open-air event. Follow our liveblog for all the latest on the pope's four-day visit to France.
Crowds cheered Pope Leo XIV as the ‘popemobile’ made its way along the Champs-Élysées in Paris ahead of a giant Catholic Mass on Saturday. An estimated 600,000 people gathered at Place de la Concorde in central Paris where the Mass will be held. Follow our liveblog for all the latest on the pope's four-day visit to France.
Crowds cheered Pope Leo XIV as the ‘popemobile’ made its way along the Champs-Élysées in Paris ahead of a giant Catholic Mass on Saturday. An estimated 600,000 people gathered at Place de la Concorde in central Paris where the Mass will be held. Follow our liveblog for all the latest on the pope's four-day visit to France.
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday met with young French Catholic converts, encouraging them to persevere in their faith “even amid the thorns” of a secular world. Meanwhile, an estimated 600,000 people gathered at Place de la Concorde in central Paris, where the pontiff will celebrate Mass this afternoon. Follow our liveblog for all the latest on the pope's four-day visit to France.
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday met with young French Catholic converts, encouraging them to persevere in their faith “even amid the thorns” of a secular world. Meanwhile, an estimated 600,000 people gathered at Place de la Concorde in central Paris, where the pontiff will celebrate Mass this afternoon. Follow our liveblog for all the latest on the pope's four-day visit to France.
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday met with young French Catholic converts, encouraging them to persevere in their faith “even amid the thorns” of a secular world. Meanwhile, an estimated 600,000 people gathered at Place de la Concorde in central Paris, where the pontiff will celebrate Mass this afternoon. Follow our liveblog for all the latest on the pope's four-day visit to France.
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday spent the mid-morning meeting with Catholic leaders as well as catechumens and neophytes at Institut Catholique de Paris, the largest French-speaking Catholic faculty in the world. Meanwhile, an estimated 600,000 people were making their way to the Place de la Concorde in central Paris, where the pontiff will celebrate Mass this afternoon. Follow our liveblog for all the l...
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday spent the mid-morning meeting with Catholic leaders as well as catechumens and neophytes at Institut Catholique de Paris, the largest French-speaking Catholic faculty in the world. Meanwhile, an estimated 600,000 people were making their way to the Place de la Concorde in central Paris, where the pontiff will celebrate Mass this afternoon. Follow our liveblog for all the l...
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday kicked off his second and last day in Paris with a visit to the migrant support centre Maison Bakhita. In his address to the young migrants, he said the centre is a testimony to the fact that it is possible to “live together in dignity and peace”. Follow our liveblog for all the latest on the pope's four-day visit to France.
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday kicked off his second and last day in Paris with a visit to the migrant support centre Maison Bakhita. In his address to the young migrants, he said the centre is a testimony to the fact that it is possible to “live together in dignity and peace”. Follow our liveblog for all the latest on the pope's four-day visit to France.
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday kicked off his second and last day in Paris with a visit to the migrant support centre Maison Bakhita. In his address to the young migrants, he said the centre is a testimony to the fact that it is possible to “live together in dignity and peace”. Follow our liveblog for all the latest on the pope's four-day visit to France.
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.
US news outlet CNN has been removed from a press pool that is accompanying President Donald Trump on a trip to Tennessee on Saturday. Last week, CNN, along with MS NOW and Politico, was barred from White House access by the Trump administration, but a judge ordered it temporarily restored, saying the move was likely unconstitutional.
US news outlet CNN has been removed from a press pool that is accompanying President Donald Trump on a trip to Tennessee on Saturday. Last week, CNN, along with MS NOW and Politico, was barred from White House access by the Trump administration, but a judge ordered it temporarily restored, saying the move was likely unconstitutional.
Thailand’s capital Bangkok declared a flood disaster on Saturday after more than 300 millimetres of rain in less than 48 hours, leaving canals overflowing and streets submerged. “It’s like at my waist level now,” a local said. The governor has urged people not to panic, saying the situation is stabilising.
Thailand’s capital Bangkok on Saturday declared a flood disaster after more than 300 millimetres of rain in less than 48 hours, leaving canals overflowing and streets submerged. “It’s like at my waist level now,” a local said. The governor has urged people not to panic, saying the situation is stabilising.
Bangkok authorities declared a flood disaster across the Thai capital on Saturday after almost 48 hours of heavy rain left canals full, roads submerged and residents wading through deep water.
US President Donald Trump has reportedly rejected an Iranian plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi presented the proposal to Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff on the sidelines of a UN gathering in New York. The plan stipulated that the important waterway would reopen seven days after an agreement was reached.
US President Donald Trump has reportedly rejected an Iranian plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The proposal was presented by Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff on the sidelines of a UN gathering in New York. The plan stipulated that the important waterway would reopen seven days after an agreement was reached.
"For the pope, for God, make some noise!": Blending gospel and contemporary Christian music, 80,000 young Catholics filled the Stade de France on Friday evening to proclaim their faith. They gave Pope Leo XIV a rock-star welcome as he arrived at the stadium in his 'popemobile'.
Yemen’s Riyadh-based President Rashid al-Alimi on Friday called on his people to mobilise and join the armed forces while offering a general amnesty to the Iran-backed Houthi rebels who have seized swaths of Yemen's Red Sea coast and imposed a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia.
First, fighting continues between the Ethiopian forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front as fears of a regional spillover continue to mount. Then, both the opposition and the ruling UDPS party continue to blame each other for the violence in the latest mass protest. And, the Authenticity and Modernity party looks now to form a coalition to address the top voter issues including the cost of ...
Armed with paper fortune-tellers and pop worship songs, young French Catholics from the Anuncio movement fanned out into the crowds awaiting Pope Leo XIV's arrival in Paris on Friday, hoping to bring strangers closer to God in one of Europe's most secular countries.
On Friday, Pope Leo XIV praised the "splendor" of Notre-Dame de Paris, which has been restored following the devastating fire of 2019, saying "the heart of a people" beats within this place. He is the first pope to visit the cathedral since its reopening in 2024.
It’s been a week of walkouts, power plays and diplomatic theatre — from a battle over press freedom in Washington, to a United Nations General Assembly marked by protests and departures, as leaders clashed over Iran, Cuba and Venezuela. There was also a rare red-carpet meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, as the US and China extended their trade truce and turned their attention to the race...
European Union countries have agreed to release €6.6 billion from a fund meant to reimburse member states that have provided arms to Ukraine, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Friday. At least seven people were killed in Russian strikes on Kyiv earlier in the day, according to local authorities.
European Union countries have agreed to release €6.6 billion from a fund meant to reimburse member states that have provided arms to Ukraine, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Friday. At least five people were killed in Russian strikes on Kyiv earlier in the day, according to local authorities.
US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping capped a state visit to Washington on Friday with pomp and pageantry but no real breakthroughs. Trump said he discussed the Iran war with Xi during his two-day visit, with both men confirming they will meet twice more before the end of the year.
