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Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France
✈️ Apostolic Journey to France
Prayer vigil with young people at the Stade de France
📍 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France
Pope Leo XIV departs for his fifth international apostolic journey, to France from September 25 to 28, under the motto "So that the world may have life." The opening day closes in the evening with a major prayer vigil with young people from across France at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, the highlight of the journey's first Paris stage.
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Vatican NewsOfficial
Pope Leo XIV in France from September 25 to 28, 2026
The announcement of the apostolic journey with stops in Paris, Lourdes and Metz.
ANSAnews
Pope Leo in France, 'so that the world may have life'
Update on the program and motto of the Pontiff's fifth international journey.
Holy See Press OfficeOfficial
Apostolic Journey of Pope Leo XIV to France and Visit to UNESCO Headquarters (September 25-28, 2026)
Official bulletin of August 7, 2026 with the journey's complete hour-by-hour program, confirmed for every stage.
Holy See Press OfficeOfficial
Apostolic Journey to France — Notice No. 1 (flights and accreditation)
Flight details: Rome/Fiumicino-Paris on September 25 (ITA Airways, 2h10'), Paris-Lourdes on the 26th (Air France, 1h20'), Lourdes-Metz and Metz-Rome on the 28th (Air France). Press accreditation deadline August 12, 2026.
Holy See Press OfficeOfficial
Apostolic Journey to France — Statistical overview of the French Catholic Church (1980-2024)
The pastoral statistical overview of the Catholic Church in France from 1980 to 2024, released on the eve of the journey: population and baptized Catholics rising (from 45.5 to 49.7 million), but parishes and priests sharply down (from 38,391 to 10,925 parishes; from 38,876 to 12,590 priests).
Vatican NewsOfficial
France awaits Pope Leo
Vatican News previews the visit, noting that the Pope will join thousands of young people at the Stade de France for a prayer vigil, with youth already sharing their excitement to spend that time with him.
AgenSIRnews
Leo XIV in France: vigil with young people at the Stade de France. Bishop Guillet: "celebration and recollection, young people thirst for God" (translated)
The Bishop of Saint-Denis presents the vigil: 80,000 young people expected, music and testimonies, a time of prayer guided by the Pope's meditation and adoration until 11pm.
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