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Pope Leo XIV Makes First Visit to France in 18 Years Amid Church Abuse Reckoning

Pope Leo XIV's four-day visit to France draws huge crowds and heightened security as he addresses the Catholic Church's abuse crisis and French secularism.

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France prepares for Pope Leo XIV's upcoming visit

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Details emerge about Pope's stops and events during visit

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France faces secularism challenge as papal visit nears

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Volunteer interest surges as Paris readies for Pope

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Security tightened and crowds expected for Pope's Paris Mass

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Hundreds of thousands to attend open-air Mass in Paris

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Pope Leo XIV departs for France on historic state visit

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8 articles

  1. Pope Leo visits secular France as surge of converts jolts a flagging faith
    Washington Post World
  2. Cinq choses à savoir sur la papamobile avant la visite de Léon XIV en France
    Franceinfo
  3. Leo XIV, Trying to Be Everyone’s Pope, Heads to Secular France
    NYT World News
  4. Pope makes first official visit to France in 18 years, meeting abuse survivors and EU leaders
    Euronews
  5. Visite du pape en France : tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur le séjour de Léon XIV
    Le Monde

15 articles

  1. Hundreds of thousands expected in Paris for Pope Leo's visit
    BBC - Home
  2. Visite du pape en France : « En ces temps de bouleversements majeurs, l’Eglise montre que le monde a besoin de visionnaires courageux et engagés »
    Le Monde
  3. "Je ne pensais pas qu'il y aurait autant de monde, c'est génial !" : à Paris, les bénévoles se bousculent pour participer à la visite du pape Léon XIV
    Franceinfo
  4. Huge security operation underway for Pope's visit to France
    France24
  5. 'Pope fever' takes hold as Pope Leo visits France
    Deutsche Welle

7 articles

  1. "On n'a pas détecté de menace particulière" autour de la visite du pape, assure le ministre de l'Intérieur, Laurent Nuñez, sur France 2
    Franceinfo
  2. Pope Leo XIV to trace back French ancestry, spiritual roots on visit to France
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  3. Après Céline Dion, Léon XIV fait à son tour tourner les compteurs du tourisme
    Le Monde
  4. Which spiritual and political issues will be the focus of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France?
    The Conversation
  5. How France handles its strict secularism as it prepares for a papal visit
    Arab News

1 article

  1. 'A mass for 600,000': What you need to know about Pope Leo's visit to France
    The Local

3 articles

  1. Pope Leo XIV set for first official visit to France, with huge crowds expected in Paris
    Euronews
  2. Pope Leo heads to France amid church scandals
    France24
  3. France prepares for Pope Leo XIV historic visit
    France24