‘Leo, Leo’ chants echo across Paris as 800,000 attend Pope Leo’s mass
Crowds stretched the length of Avenue des Champs-Elysees in Paris on Saturday, as Pope Leo urged Catholics to find happiness in faith, not material things, at the biggest event of his visit to France, an outdoor Mass with an estimated 800,000 people.Chants of "Leo, Leo" and "Long live the Pope" echoed down the roughly 2 km tree-lined boulevard, from Place de la Concorde to Arc de Triomphe, as people pressed against security barriers for a glimpse of Leo as he arrived in a popemobile.Attendees included Brigitte Macron, the French president's wife, far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who is…
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