Pope Leo XIV was visibly moved to tears by a remarkable display at the youth vigil at the Stade de France, which depicted Christianity’s role in shaping the history of France and Western civilisation through the actions of devoted adherents over the millennia.
\n\nMore than 80,000 mostly young people poured into France’s largest stadium on Friday evening to join Pope Leo in celebrating the lives of French saints and their role in Christianity’s nearly two-thousand-year history in France.
\n\nIn a series of tableaux, some 1,700 young people donned historical costumes representing the blesseds and saints of France, which throughout its history has been home to the second-most saints of any nation in the world, trailing only Italy.
\n\nThe Footsteps of the Saints production began with some of the earliest evangelists, including Saint Saturninus, who travelled to Gaul to proclaim the Gospel in the Third Century, became the first bishop of Toulouse, and was martyred after refusing to perform a pagan sacrifice ritual. Mary Magdalene was also portrayed as a saint of hope, with a long-held tradition in Provence claiming she carried out the first evangelisation in the region after travelling there with Martha, Lazarus, and other followers after being saved…
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