WorldPingCrowds 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 se…
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WorldPingMore than 800,000 people filled the streets of central Paris to hear Pope Leo XIV say Mass on Saturday, according to Vatican estimates.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by France 24
WorldPingPope Leo XIV draws hundreds of thousands of people to Paris’ Champs-Élysées for a massive outdoor Mass…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by ABC News
WorldPingOn Saturday night, there were separate mass shootings near South Africa's two largest cities.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by NPR
Rival political rallies have been held in Brazil as campaigns intensify with one week to go until election day.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Al Jazeera
WorldPingAt least 27 people were killed in separate mass shootings in Cape Town and Johannesburg, police said Sunday. No suspects have been arrested in either shooting, and the motives for the attacks remain unknown.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by France 24
WorldPingCatholic church must reckon with its ‘painful errors’, pontiff tells crowd in Lourdes during four-day tour The pope has called on the Catholic church to heal “deep wounds” and “painful errors”, before a meeting with survivors of child sexual abuse as…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Guardian
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