Leo XIV, Trying to Be Everyone’s Pope, Heads to Secular France

World By Motoko Rich and Mark Landler • September 25, 2026, 4:22 AM UTC
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Leo XIV, Trying to Be Everyone’s Pope, Heads to Secular France
After touring Africa, Pope Leo’s four-day visit to France shows how he is seeking to appeal to Roman Catholicism’s original heartlands as well as to the church’s newest strongholds.

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