Pope encourages Catholics in deeply secular France to persevere as Paris shuts down for huge Mass
- PARIS -- PARIS (AP) — Pope Leo XIV encouraged French Catholics on Saturday to persevere in their faith “even amid the thorns” of a secular world, rallying the faithful ahead of a huge Mass at the iconic Place de la Concorde that shut down central Paris.
- The church's enduring influence in France has been visible with t
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- PARIS -- PARIS (AP) — Pope Leo XIV encouraged French Catholics on Saturday to persevere in their faith “even amid the thorns” of a secular world, rallying the faithful ahead of a huge Mass at the iconic Place de la Concorde that shut down central Paris.
- The church's enduring influence in France has been visible with t
Sources: ABC News