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Pope Leo XIV prays for France at Lourdes pilgrimage site

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Pope Leo XIV on Saturday prayed that France receive “the gift of fraternal harmony” at the Grotto of Massabielle in Lourdes, a renowned pilgrimage site where Catholic tradition holds that the Virgin Mary appeared in 1858 to a peasant girl. The pontiff earlier said an open-air Mass in central Paris that drew an estimated 800,000 people. Read our liveblog to see how the day’s events unfolded.

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