教皇利奥在周日前往法国朝圣小镇卢尔德参加弥撒的途中，向信徒挥手致意。这是他正式访问法国的第三天，他计划在此会见神职人员性虐待的受害者。
Pope Leo waved at believers on his way to mass on Sunday in the French pilgrimage town of Lourdes where he is to meet victims of clerical sex abuse on a third day of an official visit to France.
这位全球14亿天主教徒的领袖正在法国进行为期四天的访问。法国是一个世俗国家，但拥有深厚的天主教根基。这标志着近二十年来教皇首次对该国进行正式访问。
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, marking the first official papal visit there in nearly two decades.
这位首位美国籍教皇预计将在私下会见七名受害者。此前，他承诺在全球性虐待丑闻之后，将进一步推动教会改革。
The first US pontiff is expected to meet privately with seven victims after promising to further efforts to reform the Church in the wake of the global sexual abuse scandal.
26岁的多米蒂尔·巴杜尔从巴黎乘火车抵达这座位于比利牛斯山脚下的西南部小镇后，在黎明前醒来，等待祈祷。
Domitille Bardoul, 26, woke up before dawn to wait for prayers in the southwestern town at the foot of the Pyrenees after taking the train down from Paris.
谈到教皇会见性虐待幸存者的事宜，她说：“教皇愿意倾听他们的声音，这非常美好。”
“It’s very beautiful that the pope is going to listen to them,” she said of his meeting the survivors of sexual abuse.
“对我来说，这也是一种承认，表明正在采取一切可能的措施来防止此类虐待行为。”2021年的一项调查发现，在过去70年间，法国的神职人员或教会平信徒曾对约33万人实施过未成年人性虐待。
“For me, it’s also a way of acknowledging that every possible measure is being taken to prevent this kind of abuse.” A 2021 inquiry found that clergy or lay members of the Church had abused about 330,000 people as minors in France over 70 years.
将与会见教皇的受害者中，包括贝拉兰圣母院机构的一名前学生。这所附近的寄宿学校是过去几十年间广泛指控的体罚和性虐待行为的中心。
Among the victims who will meet the pope is a former pupil of the Notre-Dame de Betharram institution, a nearby boarding school at the centre of widespread accusations of physical and sexual abuse over several decades.
教皇于周六晚间抵达卢尔德，此前他刚在巴黎的一个广场及相邻的高端购物大道上主持了一场大型露天弥撒。
The pope arrived in Lourdes on Saturday evening after a huge open-air mass in a Paris square and adjoining high-end shopping avenue.
在总统选举前数月，极右翼势力崛起，移民问题成为议程焦点。他向圣母玛利亚祈祷，希望“为法国带来明智而慷慨的领袖……他们渴望服务于公共利益。”
Months ahead of a presidential election with the far-right surging and immigration high on the agenda, he prayed to the Virgin Mary to “obtain for France wise and generous leaders … eager to serve the common good.”
他祈祷让他们“在促进捍卫基本人权和世界和平方面，让法国的声音被听到，并彻底摒弃战争心态。”利奥是继2008年的本笃十六世以及1983年和2004年的若望保禄二世之后，第三位访问卢尔德的教皇。
He prayed for them to make France’s “voice heard in promoting the defence of fundamental human rights and peace in the world, rejecting the mentality of war once and for all.” Leo was the third pope to visit Lourdes after Benedict XVI in 2008 and Jean-Paul II in 1983 and 2004.
这座圣殿是世界上最重要的天主教圣地之一，每年接待约三百万名朝圣者。信徒们认为这里有治愈疾病的神迹。
The sanctuary, one of the most important Catholic holy sites in the world, receives some three million pilgrims each year. Believers credit it with miraculous healings.
周六，71岁的教皇在巴黎协和广场主持了一场弥撒，吸引了热情的信徒参加。
On Saturday, the 71-year-old pope led enthusiastic worshippers in a mass at Paris’s Place de la Concorde.
“当兄弟姐妹们聚在一起赞美上帝的伟大时，这确实是美好而令人愉悦的，”利奥教皇说道。
“It is truly good and pleasant when brothers and sisters come together and glorify the greatness of God,” said Pope Leo.
据梵蒂冈方面统计，约有80万人聚集在香榭丽舍大街及周边街道聆听弥撒，41岁的艾琳·里齐基（Aline Riziki）就是其中之一。
Aline Riziki, 41, was among an estimated 800,000 people to have lined the Champs Élysées avenue and nearby streets to listen, according to Vatican figures.
“能见到教皇是历史性的一刻，”出生于刚果民主共和国、已在法国生活了11年的里齐基说。
“It’s one time in history to see the pope,” said Riziki, who was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo and has lived in France for 11 years.
“我放下了一切来到这里见他，为东部的和平祈祷，”她谈到自己饱受数十年冲突蹂躏的祖国时说道。
“I dropped everything to come here and see him, to pray for peace in the east,” she said of her homeland, racked by conflict for decades.
教皇此次访问法国正值法国大选前七个月，届时选民将选出中间派总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙的继任者。
The pontiff’s visit to France comes seven months before voters choose a successor to centrist President Emmanuel Macron.
多位总统候选人出席了活动，包括极右翼领导人玛丽娜·勒庞和中间派人士爱德华·菲利普。
A number of presidential hopefuls were present, including far-right leader Marine Le Pen and centrist Édouard Philippe.
马克龙本人未出席弥撒，但由其夫人布丽吉特代表出席。总统在社交媒体上发文称，法国“为能迎接利奥教皇并在巴黎市中心举行这场盛大的弥撒感到自豪”。
Macron did not attend the mass but was represented by his wife Brigitte. The president said in a message on social media that France was “proud to welcome Pope Leo and this monumental mass in the heart of Paris.”