周六，数十万人聚集在巴黎，参加由教皇利奥十四世主持的露天弥撒。
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered on Saturday in Paris for an open-air Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV. The 71-year-old American pontiff, on his first official visit to France in 18 years, addressed a massive crowd at the Place de la Concorde and along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. While approximately 600,000 people haded for the event, Vatican estimates placed attendance at 700,000, though some reports suggested more than 800,000 people filled the streets.
这位71岁的美国籍教皇在时隔18年后首次正式访问法国，他在协和广场和香榭丽舍大街沿线的群众面前发表了讲话。
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered on Saturday in Paris for an open-air Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV. The 71-year-old American pontiff, on his first official visit to France in 18 years, addressed a massive crowd at the Place de la Concorde and along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. While approximately 600,000 people haded for the event, Vatican estimates placed attendance at 700,000, though some reports suggested more than 800,000 people filled the streets.
据估计约有60万人参加了此次活动，但梵蒂冈方面认为实际出席人数达到了70万，甚至有报道称街道上挤满了超过80万人。
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered on Saturday in Paris for an open-air Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV. The 71-year-old American pontiff, on his first official visit to France in 18 years, addressed a massive crowd at the Place de la Concorde and along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. While approximately 600,000 people haded for the event, Vatican estimates placed attendance at 700,000, though some reports suggested more than 800,000 people filled the streets.
参与者包括童子军、修女、家庭以及好奇的旁观者，其中一些人希望能见到加拿大歌手席琳·迪翁。
The attendees included scouts, nuns, families, and curious onlookers, some of whom hoped to spot Canadian singer Céline Dion. During the service, Pope Leo XIV told the faithful that faith, rather than material things, brings true happiness. He encouraged French Catholics to persevere in their faith even amid the thorns of a secular world.
在弥撒中，教皇利奥十四世告诉信徒们，真正的幸福来源于信仰而非物质财富。他鼓励法国天主教徒在世俗世界的种种挑战中坚持自己的信仰。
The attendees included scouts, nuns, families, and curious onlookers, some of whom hoped to spot Canadian singer Céline Dion. During the service, Pope Leo XIV told the faithful that faith, rather than material things, brings true happiness. He encouraged French Catholics to persevere in their faith even amid the thorns of a secular world.
这一活动表明，尽管欧洲各地的教堂面临世俗化趋势和信徒人数下降的问题，天主教会的魅力依然持久。
The event served as a sign of the Catholic Church's enduring appeal in an officially secular country, despite secularizing trends and declining attendance that have affected churches across Europe. Following the Mass in the capital, the Pope rounded out the second day of his four-day apostolic visit by praying at the Grotto of Massabielle in Lourdes, a renowned pilgrimage site for Catholics worldwide.
在巴黎的弥撒结束后，教皇在卢尔德的玛萨比埃尔洞穴进行了祈祷，这是全球天主教徒著名的朝圣地，以此结束了他为期四天的 apostolic 访问。
The event served as a sign of the Catholic Church's enduring appeal in an officially secular country, despite secularizing trends and declining attendance that have affected churches across Europe. Following the Mass in the capital, the Pope rounded out the second day of his four-day apostolic visit by praying at the Grotto of Massabielle in Lourdes, a renowned pilgrimage site for Catholics worldwide.