WorldPingPope Leo spoke to bishops before leading a service attended by thousands of worshippers in France.
International stories like this one shape diplomacy, travel, energy supply and security decisions well beyond the country involved, which is why WorldPing tracks every update on it in one place.
When each newsroom published on this story, oldest first — all times UTC.
Massive crowd of worshippers in France attend Mass during Pope Leo visit
Pope Leo XIV to meet clerical sex abuse victims during France visit
'Scourge' of abuse must be rooted out, says Pope, during Lourdes visit
Pope Leo urges healing of ‘deep wounds’ before meeting child sexual abuse survivors in France
‘Hurled abuses at my family’: Delhi minister reveals ‘truth’ behind viral slap video
The original report was published by BBC News. WorldPing does not claim that reporting — this page summarises and contextualises it.
Read the full report at BBC News
WorldPingThe leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics is on a four-day trip to France, a secular country with deep Catholic roots, marking the first official papal visit there in nearly two decades…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Hindu
WorldPingPope Leo XIV continued his visit to France in Lourdes, at the major Catholic pilgrimage site in the foothills of the Pyrenees, where he celebrated mass before around 150,000 people.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by France 24
WorldPingAfter leaving Paris, Pope Leo XIV ended his second day in France in Lourdes, where he prayed at the Grotto of Massabielle, one of the Catholic Church’s major pilgrimage sites. He is the third pope to visit Lourdes, following Benedict XVI and John Paul II.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by France 24
The Vatican estimated that 800,000 people came out for the Mass.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CBS News
WorldPingDuring a recent road inspection in Tilak Nagar, Delhi's PWD Minister Parvesh Verma faced backlash after a video emerged of him allegedly slapping a local youth. Verma stated that he acted in response to an insult aimed at his family from the youth's associate.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Times of India
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
WorldPing