21 days ago · Paris
‘I hope France wakes up’: Young Catholics flood the streets for Pope Leo's Paris visit
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. France 24 English is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Paris. The first report grouped here was at 25 Sept 2026, 19:57 UTC. The headline in use is “‘I hope France wakes up’: Young Catholics flood the streets for Pope Leo's Paris visit”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Armed with paper fortune-tellers and pop worship songs, young French Catholics from the Anuncio movement fanned out into the crowds awaiting Pope Leo XIV's arrival in Paris on Friday, hoping to bring strangers closer to God in one of Europe's most secular countries.
Story timeline
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- First reported by France 24 English
‘I hope France wakes up’: Young Catholics flood the streets for Pope Leo's Paris visit
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- France 24 English