Pope Leo XIV is in Paris this Friday, September 25 and Saturday, September 26, 2026. For those who can’t make it to the various venues of his visit across the capital, several events will be broadcast. You can follow below the live footage from the first day in Paris.
Arriving at Paris-Orly at 10 a.m. this Friday, September 25, Léon XIV opened his day with a visit to the President of the Republic at the Élysée, followed by meetings with authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps.
The program continues at 3 p.m. with a visit to UNESCO's headquarters, where the pope is due to deliver a speech. From 4 p.m., the event will also be open to the public along the streets of Paris: Leo XIV is set to ride the papamobile on a route from Notre-Dame des Champs to Place Saint-Michel.
At 5:15 p.m., the pope will then go to Notre-Dame de Paris to celebrate Vespers with the bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated men and women, and seminarians. Access to the cathedral interior is limited to invited guests, but the service is among the events aired remotely.
The day will wrap up in Saint-Denis with one of the tour’s flagship events: the Youth Vigil at the Stade de France at 9 p.m. Around 80,000 young people are expected for this gathering, which will also be shown live on television and streamed online.
The Paris visit of Pope Leo XIV will continue on Saturday, September 26. After meetings at Maison Bakhita and then at the Catholic Institute of Paris in the morning, the pope will celebrate at 3 p.m. a large open-air Mass at Place de la Concorde, with arrangements that extend also along the Champs-Élysées. His departure from Paris-Orly for Lourdes is scheduled at 5:45 p.m.
To plan an on-site trip, also check the Pope's visit to Paris: schedule, access, and disruptions to know, as well as the Pope's papamobile route through Paris today.
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