Pope Leo 14 travels in France. On Sunday he visits the city Lourdes. Lourdes is a holy place. Many Christians travel there. The Pope makes a big mass outside. 150000 people take part. He talks about bad mistakes in the church. He means abuse by priests.
In the afternoon the Pope meets 7 people. These people experienced abuse as children by priests or teachers. The church wants to look at these bad deeds. Experts think over 200000 victims exist since the year 1950. The Pope says: We must admit our mistakes. Only then the church gets better.
In Lourdes is also a dispute about art by Marko Rupnik. He allegedly abused women. His pictures on a church have covers. The Pope does not see them. On Saturday the Pope was in Paris. 800000 people celebrated a mass with him there. In the evening he joins a torch parade in Lourdes.
