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Timeline: The Paris–Chartres pilgrimage

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2026

  1. Cardinal Burke closes 2026 Chartres pilgrimage of about 20,000

    Cardinal Raymond Burke celebrated the closing Mass of the 44th Paris–Chartres pilgrimage; organisers had stressed unity with Leo XIV amid the SSPX crisis, and reports put attendance at a record of nearly or just over 20,000.

    SourcesChartres pilgrimage for Latin Mass devotees grows as organizers warn against… (America (OSV News))France's traditionalist Catholics rally behind Pope Leo XIV after SSPX schism (Detroit Catholic (OSV News))Twenty thousand pilgrims in Chartres: the unstoppable missionary force of the… (InfoVaticana)Young Catholics drive record crowds for Chartres Pilgrimage in France (Catholic World Report)

2025

  1. Paris–Chartres pilgrimage ends with record 19,000 participants

    The 43rd traditional-rite Pentecost pilgrimage organised by Notre-Dame de Chrétienté closed with Mass in Chartres Cathedral; CNA reported 19,000 participants, the most in its history, amid Vatican scrutiny of its liturgical arrangements.

    SourcesChartres Pilgrimage Draws 19,000 in Show of Faith and Tradition (National Catholic Register (CNA))Record 19,000 young Catholics to walk Paris-Chartres pilgrimage amid Vatican… (Catholic World Report (CNA))