After the end of the procession and Leo XIV had delivered his speech, the “Salve Regina” began to play. Leo XIV paused before the image of the Immaculate Conception.
When he finished, he entered the sanctuary behind the statue as more than 150,000 pilgrims applauded. It was Pope Leo XIV’s final event in Lourdes before traveling the next day to Metz for the third and final leg of his apostolic journey through France.
