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Good News•Local Church•Pope Leo XIV•Young People

Pope Leo XIV Breaks Records in France: In 24 Hours, Nearly 300,000 People Register for the Pope’s Visit to Paris

The enthusiasm is even more remarkable given the scale of the second event. French Church leaders expect approximately 500,000 participants at the papal Mass, making it one of the largest Catholic gatherings in the country in recent years. More than 200,000 registrations were recorded on the very first day, filling almost half of the projected capacit

Controversies•Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

Leo XIV, the Shrine of Lourdes, and Rupnik’s mosaics: a papal visit as new evidence emerges against the former Jesuit

The decision is especially significant because Rupnik’s work is not confined to one church. His mosaics became extraordinarily influential in Catholic visual culture during the first decades of the 21st century. They can be found in major churches and shrines in France, Italy, Portugal, Spain and the United States, as well as in prominent Vatican settings

Liturgy and Divine Worship•Local Church•Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV to the French episcopate: Seek inclusive solutions for Catholics who use the Old Missal

The Pope’s intervention reveals a dual concern: healing wounds without erasing truth, and preserving unity without suppressing legitimate diversity. Nowhere is this more evident than in his approach to the question of the Vetus Ordo—the pre-conciliar form of the Roman rite, often associated with the Tridentine Mass