Pope Leo XIV meets abuse survivors in Lourdes after leading Mass for 150,000 worshippers
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Pope Leo XIV concluded the second day of his France visit on Sunday with a pilgrimage to Lourdes, where he led an open-air Mass before an estimated 150,000 worshippers and met privately with seven survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy.
The pontiff arrived in Lourdes on Saturday evening from Paris, where he had drawn around 800,000 people to an outdoor Mass at Place de la Concorde the previous day, according to Vatican estimates . In Lourdes, he began his Sunday by meeting French bishops, then celebrated Mass on the prairie in front of the main basilica .
The Mass followed a night of silent prayer at the Grotto of the Apparitions, where Leo drank from the spring associated with the 1858 visions of the Virgin Mary . Pilgrims had gathered before dawn, filling the streets of the Pyrenean town adorned in Vatican colors, with 200,000 expected over the weekend .
Later on Sunday, Leo met with seven abuse survivors, including one assaulted as an adult, in a closed-door session . The meeting underscores the ongoing crisis in the French Church, which a 2021 report estimated had 330,000 minor victims of abuse since 1950 .
The pope also greeted sick and disabled pilgrims and participated in a torchlight procession, capping a day that began with a papamobile tour of the sanctuary .
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