![Pour son troisième voyage officiel, le pape Léon XIV a choisi la Principauté de Monaco. [Catholic Press Photo / CPP / HANS LUCAS / Hans Lucas via AFP]](/cdn-cgi/image/onerror=redirect,width=640,height=640,format=webp/https://storage.googleapis.com/uploads.mongoosehq.com/url/media/117675672/80172a4867841662202309628b7580dbd8876801a4cbffef6f3a63f4e6d49208)
![Léon XIV. [Catholic Press Photo CPP HANS LUCAS Hans Lucas via AFP]](/cdn-cgi/image/onerror=redirect,width=640,height=640,format=webp/https://storage.googleapis.com/uploads.mongoosehq.com/url/media/116989184/a53fece88ffd27f3b81e808b70b4af1163b604b153ef730ebf30a268ef702adf)
![Comme pour tous les déplacements du Pape, le dispositif de sécurité est XXL à Monaco. [© Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP]](/cdn-cgi/image/onerror=redirect,width=640,height=640,format=webp/https://storage.googleapis.com/uploads.mongoosehq.com/url/media/117683269/3025d90f7b55fca22f6a51e8f59babb4ee55f539ca1b069853fda6d624308276)
Overview
- The pontiff’s eight-hour trip on Saturday includes a palace meeting, a cathedral homily, a 11:45 a.m. address to youth at Sainte-Dévote, and a 3:30 p.m. open-air Mass at Stade Louis II for about 15,000 people.
- Monaco says 630 police officers and 150 firefighters will be deployed, with French CRS units, bomb squads, drone teams, and elite forces reinforcing security on land, sea, and in the air.
- Officials organized the visit in roughly six weeks during Grand Prix preparations, and the papal motorcade will steer clear of race infrastructure as the pope arrives and departs by helicopter.
- This marks the first contemporary papal visit to Monaco and the second international trip of Léon XIV’s pontificate, which precedes an April tour of Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea.
- Local organizers report surging interest in a state that names Catholicism in its Constitution, with residents describing pride and fervor and tickets to the stadium Mass snapped up within days.