The Vatican estimated that 700,000 people came out for the Mass — more than the 600,000 who had registered in advance. The stunning turnout testified to the church's enduring influence in France, despite sharp declines in churchgoing in recent decades and secularizing trends that have emptied churches around Europe.

France may have a highly secularized culture, but it has given Pope Leo XIV a superstar welcome.

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After touring Africa, Pope Leo’s four-day visit to France shows how he is seeking to appeal to Roman Catholicism’s original heartlands as well as to the church’s newest strongholds.

On the fourth and final day of his apostolic journey to France, the Pope addressed European leaders at the Robert Schuman Conference Center and celebrated Mass at the Cathedral of St. Stephen in Metz.

Kylian Mbappé scored France’s winning goal in Zinedine Zidane’s first match as national team coach before suffering a knee injury. The France captain was substituted shortly after scoring against Türkiye and sent back to Real Madrid for treatment,

Large crowds in Paris and other parts of France offered a striking welcome for Pope Leo in one of Europe's most secular countries.

It was the first papal trip to the country in nearly two decades.

A top ally of French President Emmanuel Macron gloated that the European Union is treating fines on US tech giants like a piggy bank to bankroll the bloc’s own spending — a brazen disclosure the White House likened to “extortion.