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Home Europe Live Issued on: 26/09/2026 - 08:59Modified: 26/09/2026 - 19:22 Pope Leo XIV waves as he disembarks from the plane upon arrival at the Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées International Airport, in Tarbes, southwestern France, on September 26, 2026. © Valentine Chapuis, AFP Pope Leo XIV landed in the town of Lourdes on Saturday evening for the second stage of his official visit to France. The pontiff is scheduled to pray at the Grotto of Massabielle, a pilgrimage site where Catholic tradition holds that the Virgin Mary appeared to a peasant girl in 1858. Follow our liveblog for all the latest on the pope's four-day visit to France. (FRANCE 24 with AP, AFP and Reuters) Keywords for this article