巴黎，9月26日电 - 周六，大批民众聚集在巴黎著名的香榭丽舍大道上，等待教皇利奥举行的露天弥撒，这预计将是他周末访法行程中规模最大的活动，预计将有超过60万人参加。
PARIS, Sept 26 - Throngs of people were gathering on the famed Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris on Saturday, ahead of an outdoor Mass with Pope Leo expected to be the biggest event of his weekend visit to France, with more than 600,000ed to attend.
包括抱着年幼孩子的母亲在内的民众，在黎明前灰暗的光线中开始涌向这条林荫大道，参加下午3点（格林威治标准时间1300）的活动，警方封闭了附近街道，教皇将乘敞篷教皇专车经过。
Crowds, including mothers carrying young children, began streaming towards the tree-lined boulevard in grey light before dawn for the 3 p.m. (1300 GMT) event, as police closed nearby streets where Leo will be driven in an open-top popemobile.
利奥正进行为期四天、访问三座城市的法国之行，旨在修复虐待丑闻引发全国震惊后教会在法国的地位。
Leo is on a whirlwind four-day, three-city visit to France, where he is seeking to repair the Church's standing there after abuse scandals sparked nationwide shock.
这位教皇近几个月来强烈谴责全球领导层的走向，周五在联合国教科文组织巴黎总部发表讲话时警告称，联合国和其他多边组织正处于危机之中。
The pope, who has forcefully decried the direction of global leadership in recent months, warned in a speech on Friday at the Paris headquarters of the UN culture and education body, UNESCO, that the UN and other multilateral groups were in crisis.
他还重申了他一贯的呼吁，敦促世界重新审视人工智能的发展，告诉法国领导人，人工智能可能创造一个“机器的天堂”控制地球的未来。
He also repeated his frequent appeal for the world to reconsider the development of artificial intelligence, telling French leaders that AI could create a future where "a paradise of machines" takes control of the Earth.
教皇探访新受洗天主教徒 法国是一个世俗国家，政教分离写入1905年法律。战后时期，法国民众对天主教会的归属感持续下降，这与其他传统天主教国家的趋势相似。
POPE VISITS NEWLY BAPTISED CATHOLICS France, a secular nation where the separation of church and state is enshrined in a 1905 law, has witnessed a steady decline in affiliation to the Catholic Church during the post-war era, mirroring a trend in other traditionally Catholic countries.
尽管法国主教会议指出成人受洗人数增加，包括去年复活节创纪录的2.1万人，但官方统计机构INSEE发布的报告显示，只有25%的法国18至49岁人群自认为是天主教徒，而十年前这一比例为43%。
Although the French Bishops' Conference points to an increase in baptisms of adults, including a record 21,000 last Easter, a report published by the official statistics agency, INSEE, showed that only 25% of French 18-to-49-year-olds identified as Catholic, compared with 43% a decade earlier.
周六，教皇在巴黎天主教大学探访新受洗天主教徒时，敦促法国教会不要对近期信徒增加持“天真乐观”的态度。"我们必须识别、欢迎并保护圣灵在黑夜中点燃的微弱火焰、在荆棘中努力生长的微小种子,"他说。
In a visit on Saturday with newly baptised Catholics at the Catholic University of Paris, Leo urged the French church not to be "naively optimistic" about the recent increase in adherents. "We must recognise, welcome and protect the small flame that the Holy Spirit has kindled in the darkness of the night, the tiny seed that strives to grow even amid the thorns," he said.
利奥将于周六晚些时候前往卢尔德，那里有一座著名的天主教圣地。他将于周日在那里会见七名遭受神职人员虐待的法国受害者。
Leo heads later on Saturday to Lourdes, home to a famous Catholic shrine. He will meet seven French victims of abuse by clergy there on Sunday.