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Pope Francis Paris visit 2026
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FIRST ENTRY SEP 24
SEP 24 · Day 1
Pope's visit to Paris expected to draw hundreds of thousands
President Macron will not attend any of the Pope's Masses, largely to avoid breaching France's strict separation of state and religion.
The reason given was that the Pope's agenda was too tight.
150,000 people have signed up to attend mass in the Pyrenean sanctuary of Lourdes on Sunday.