Pope Leo visits Metz
The gist
Pope Leo XIV ends his four-day France visit in Metz with a Mass and EU speech.
The stop honors EU founder Robert Schuman, seven months before France's presidential vote.
How it unfolded
- Sep 9, 2026A woman walks past a poster in front of the Metz train station welcoming Pope Leo XIV ahead of his visit.
- Sep 25, 2026Pope Leo XIV begins a four-day visit to France, arriving at Paris' Orly airport; church bells toll across France and upward of a million people are expected to turn out.
- Sep 25, 2026 -28, 2026The pope visits Paris, Lourdes and Metz, discussing issues from artificial intelligence to immigration to the Catholic Church in France.