Around 800,000 people gathered for Pope Leo's Mass in central Paris
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Around 800,000 people attended Pope Leo's Mass on the Champs-Élysées. The pontiff urged people not to seek happiness in material things.
About 800,000 people gathered in central Paris on Saturday for an open-air Mass led by Pope Leo during his four-day visit to France. It was the largest event of the pontiff's French tour, Reuters reports, writes UNN.
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Crowds filled an approximately 2-kilometer stretch of the Champs-Élysées from Place de la Concorde to the Arc de Triomphe. The Pope drove among the people in an open-top Popemobile, blessing children and people with disabilities.
During the Mass, Leo urged Catholics not to seek happiness in material possessions.
Only God can fill the emptiness within us
The previous day, Pope Leo spoke at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, where he warned of a crisis facing the UN and other international institutions, and again raised the issue of the risks associated with the development of artificial intelligence.
After Paris, the pontiff traveled to Lourdes. On Sunday, he is scheduled to meet there with French people who have suffered violence at the hands of members of the clergy.
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