Pope Leo’s schedule for his four-day Apostolic Journey to France

The program for Pope Leo XIV’s Apostolic Journey to France from September 25-28 has officially been released. The four-day visit will be packed as the Pope will travel to Paris, Saint-Denis, Lourdes, and Metz before returning to Rome.

While Pope Francis travelled to Ajaccio, Corsica in December 2024, Marseille in September 2023, and Strasbourg in 2014, none were constituted an official state visit. Pope Leo’s will be the first since Pope Benedict XVI visited in September 2008.

On the Friday morning, the Pope will depart from Rome Fiumicino International Airport at 7:50am local time and fly to Paris Orly International Airport, landing at 10am. After a welcome ceremony, the Pope will meet with the President of the Republic, Emanuel Macron, at the Élysée Palace.

Afterwards, Pope Leo is scheduled to address the authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps. In the afternoon of the first day, he will stop at the headquarters of UNESCO where he is due to deliver a speech.