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Hundreds of thousands turn out for Pope Leo along Champs-Élysées ahead of mass in Paris

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Hundreds of thousands of people packed Paris's iconic Champs-Élysées avenue for Pope Leo XIV's big outdoor mass on Saturday, a sign of the Catholic Church's enduring appeal in the once staunchly Catholic but officially secular country.

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