Pope Leo XIV begins on Friday, 25 September 2026, in Paris the first official papal visit to France in 18 years, according to Vatican News.

The last papal trip classified as an official visit was Benedict XVI’s, in September 2008, Euronews recalls, which reports a four-day schedule including an address at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), a meeting with sexual abuse survivors in Lourdes and an open-air Mass in Paris with 600,000 people expected by French authorities.