教皇利奥周六在巴黎为数十万信徒举行露天弥撒，此前他乘坐教皇专车沿标志性的香榭丽舍大道巡游，沿途巨大人群挥舞着法国和梵蒂冈旗帜欢呼致意。
Pope Leo on Saturday celebrated an open-air mass in front of hundreds of thousands of faithful in Paris after riding in the Popemobile along the iconic Champs Elysees to the cheers of huge crowds clutching French and Vatican flags.
这位全球14亿天主教徒的领袖正进行为期四天的法国之行，法国是一个拥有深厚天主教根基的世俗国家，这也是近二十年来教皇首次对法国进行正式访问。
The leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics is on a four-day trip to France, a secular country with deep Catholic roots, on the first official papal visit to France in nearly two decades.
此行第二天的重头戏是，71岁的教皇在协和广场主持弥撒，广场上搭建了一座巨大的白色帐篷作为临时祭坛。数十块大屏幕被安装以便信徒观看长达一个半小时的仪式。
In the highlight of the visit’s second day, the 71-year-old pope led believers in a mass at Place de la Concorde, where a giant white canopy had been erected to serve as a makeshift altar. Dozens of screens were installed to allow worshippers to follow the hour-and-a-half long service.
此次访问在信徒中激起了明显的热情和精神上的狂热。随着阳光穿透灰暗的天空，教皇的祈祷伴随着合唱团和管风琴的音乐声响起。
The trip stirred visible enthusiasm and spiritual fervour among the faithful. The pope’s prayers were accompanied by choir and organ music as the sun broke through the grey skies.
“兄弟姐妹们聚在一起，共同赞颂天主的伟大，这实在是美好而愉悦的，”身穿白色祭服的教皇利奥说道。
“It is truly good and pleasant when brothers and sisters come together and glorify the greatness of God,” said Pope Leo, dressed in white liturgical vestments.
梵蒂冈方面表示，沿着超过2公里（1.2英里）的路程，一直到凯旋门之外，约有70万人聚集。市中心为此次仪式实行封闭，直升机在上空盘旋，狙击手部署在屋顶。
Over a stretch of more than 2km (1.2 miles), some 700,000 people had gathered all the way beyond the Arc de Triomphe, the Vatican said. The city centre was sealed off for the service, with helicopters circling overhead and snipers positioned on rooftops.
一些坐在路面上的人抱着膝盖、低垂着头，专注地聆听教皇的声音在香榭丽舍大道上回荡。父母们推着婴儿车、把孩子扛在肩上，人群渴望能一睹教皇风采。
Some people sitting on the pavement hugged their knees and dropped their heads in concentration as they listened to the pope’s voice echo across the Champs Elysees.
29岁的让娜·德·蒙塔尼亚克带着丈夫和两岁的女儿前来，女儿坐在父亲肩上，胳膊上用笔写着电话号码。
Parents arrived with pushchairs and held children on their shoulders as crowds hoped to catch a glimpse of the pontiff.
“我们很高兴，即使她将来不会记得，我们也能与她分享这一刻，”她说，一枚小小的金十字架垂挂在她米白色毛衣上。
Jeanne de Montagnac, 29, came with her husband and two-year-old girl, who was perched on his shoulders with a telephone number scribbled in pen on her arm.
“这是一个重要的时刻，让我们能被其他同样拥有信仰的人包围。”这位首位美国教皇在法国选民选出中间派总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙继任者的七个月前访问法国，此时反移民的极右翼正瞄准其夺取总统职位的最佳机遇。
“We’re happy that, even if she won’t remember it, we’re sharing this with her,” she said, a small golden cross dangling over her off-white jumper. “It’s an important moment for us to be surrounded by other people who also have faith.” The first US pontiff was visiting France seven months before voters choose a successor to centrist President Emmanuel Macron, with the anti-immigration far-right eyeing its best opportunity yet to capture the presidency.
多位总统候选人出席了弥撒，包括极右翼领袖玛丽娜·勒庞和中间派爱德华·菲利普。总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙未出席弥撒，由其妻子布丽吉特代表。“我们太幸运了，”62岁的苏珊·格朗日在仪式前说道。
A number of presidential hopefuls were present, including far-right leader Marine Le Pen and centrist Edouard Philippe. President Emmanuel Macron did not attend the mass and was represented by his wife Brigitte.
“1980年我们在巴黎就已有幸见到教皇若望·保禄二世，”她65岁的丈夫帕斯卡尔补充道。
“We’re incredibly lucky,” Suzanne Grange, 62, said ahead of the service. “We were already lucky enough to see Pope John Paul II in Paris back in 1980,” added her husband Pascal, 65.
当天早些时候，教皇在访问支持难民的协会“巴希塔之家”时会见了移民。利奥教皇表示，“彼此相遇、共同生活、尊严与和平地共存是可能的”。他还强调了“女性在建设爱文明中的根本作用”。
Earlier in the day, the pope met migrants as he visited Maison Bakhita, an association supporting refugees. Leo said it was “possible to encounter one another and to live together in dignity and peace”. He also stressed the “fundamental role of women in building a civilisation of love”.
该协会表示，教皇的访问在四月至五月的大选前传递了一个“信号”。
The association said the pope’s visit sent a “message” ahead of the April-May election.
周五，估计有30万人涌出街头，目睹教皇乘坐教皇专车挥手致意，前往巴黎圣母院。
On Friday, an estimated 300,000 people turned out to see the pontiff as he waved from his Popemobile on the way to the Notre Dame Cathedral.
“有一种热烈的氛围，让人想起40多年前若望·保禄二世访问时的场景，”宗教地缘政治观察站主任弗朗索瓦·马比耶对广播电台RMC表示。
“There is a sense of fervour reminiscent of that experienced over 40 years ago with John Paul II,” Francois Mabille, director of the Geopolitical Observatory on Religion, told broadcaster RMC.
周五，利奥教皇强调需要伦理规范以避免人工智能驱动的“机器天堂”，并呼吁法国在俄乌战争进入第五个年头之际，继续做“和平不懈的捍卫者”。
On Friday, Pope Leo stressed the need for ethics to avoid an AI-driven “paradise of machines” and, as war rages in Ukraine for a fifth year, urged France to remain a “tireless champion of peace”.
周五晚，他在巴黎郊外一座体育场对年轻人表示，他们是“法国的圣人”。
He also told young adults at a stadium outside Paris on Friday night that they were the “saints of France”.
周六晚些时候，教皇利奥将前往西南部城镇卢尔德，根据天主教传统，圣母玛利亚于1858年曾在一山洞向一位农家少女显灵。周日，他将与七位神职性侵受害者会面。
Later Saturday Pope Leo will head to Lourdes, a southwestern town where, according to Catholic tradition, the Virgin Mary appeared in a grotto in 1858 to a peasant girl. On Sunday, he will speak with seven victims of clerical sexual abuse.
2021年的一项调查发现，在过去七十年间，法国教会的神职人员或平信徒曾虐待约33万名未成年人。
A 2021 inquiry found that clergy or lay members of the Church had abused about 330,000 people as minors in France, over seven decades.
在行程的最后一站，莱奥将于周一在梅斯发表关于欧洲和平的演讲。法新社报道
For the last leg of his trip, in Metz on Monday, Leo is set to deliver a speech about peace in Europe. By Agence France-Presse