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Live: 80,000 young faithful greet Pope at Stade de France

Pope Leo XIV arrives in the popemobile at the Stade de France for a vigil attended by 80,000 young people aged 17 to 35.
Pope Leo XIV arrives in the popemobile at the Stade de France for a vigil attended by 80,000 young people aged 17 to 35. © REUTERS - Benoit Tessier

Pope Leo XIV was greeted by a crowd of around 80,000 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, just north of Paris, on Friday evening. Hours earlier, speaking at the Élysée Palace, he had cautioned that humanity could be lost to a "paradise of machines" driven by artificial intelligence.

Pope Leo arrived at the stadium shortly before 9:00pm. Star acts on stage at the stadium include Canada's Natasha St-Pier, French-American singer Monroe and Madagascar's Anisha Jo. More details in our live blog:

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