Thousands turn out to greet Pope in France

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Pope Leo XIV has arrived in France for his four-day visit, where he has delivered an address ahead of a giant Mass to be attended by more than half a million people in central Paris.

President Emmanuel Macron greeted the Pope at Orly airport, before he spoke at the Élysée Palace on geopolitical issues and artificial intelligence (AI).

The BBC's Paris correpondent Hugh Schofield looks at why the visit is met with enthusiasm the Church attributes to growing spirituality among the French.

• Published25 September

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