Morning live blogs followed Leo XIV at Maison Bakhita, where he called to 'live together in dignity and peace' before migrants and stressed women's role, then at the Institut catholique where he said he was 'amazed' by new baptisms in France. By midday attention shifted to the Champs-Elysées papamobile procession toward Place de la Concorde, where estimates rose from 600,000 to 800,000 for the open-air mass. In his homily he told young people they were 'today's Church' and warned against inner emptiness. Coverage noted which politicians attended, with Le Monde reporting RN leaders foregrounding Christian roots, and Macron hailing a monumental mass.
After 90 minutes the pope left for Orly and landed in Lourdes, inaugurating a bridge in his name and praying at the Massabielle grotto. Separately, outlets reported 250 climate marches, after a motorist injured four in Clermont-Ferrand.