Pope Leo XIV visits Lourdes on French pilgrimage tour

Summarised from 3 outlets · 7 reports · Updated 27 Sept, 12:54 · Archive

Pope Leo XIV is visiting the pilgrimage town of Lourdes as part of his first official papal visit to France in 18 years.

Pope Leo XIV is visiting Lourdes, a major Catholic pilgrimage site in the foothills of the Pyrenees, as part of his four-day trip to France, the first official papal visit to the country in 18 years. He celebrated an open-air mass attended by around 150,000 people and met privately with seven survivors of clerical sexual abuse. A French inquiry found that Church members had abused around 330,000 people as minors over seven decades.

How it is being reported

• Pope decries 'scourge' of sexual abuse during France visitDW News · 27 Sept, 12:51
• 'Scourge' of abuse must be rooted out, says Pope, during Lourdes visitBBC News · 27 Sept, 12:38
• Pope Leo continues his visit to France in LourdesFrance 24 · 27 Sept, 12:19
• Pope Leo visits Lourdes pilgrimage siteFrance 24 · 27 Sept, 09:39
• Live: Pope Leo XIV to hold open-air mass in Lourdes pilgrimage siteFrance 24 · 27 Sept, 08:44
• Pope prays at Lourdes after huge Paris massFrance 24 · 26 Sept, 14:40
• Pope Leo XIV visits Lourdes after giant Paris mass to meet clergy abuse victimsFrance 24 · 26 Sept, 14:40

In this story: Pope Leo XIV · Lourdes · France · Vatican · Catholic Church · Pyrenees

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