Pope to Speak on United Europe From French Border Town
- Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to visit Metz, France, on September 28 for an interreligious meeting and an address on “Roots of Europe for Peace and Unity.”
- He visited Maison Bakhita, a Paris center for migrants, on September 26, before the World Day of Migrants and Refugees.
- Immigration remains a major political and Catholic divide in Europe, including amid support for anti-immigration campaigns.
- Leo has defended migrants while recognizing countries’ authority to control entry and migrants’ responsibility to respect host nations’ laws and heritage.
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For his last stage in France this Monday, the pope has to deliver an expected speech on European construction, reconciliation and peace. A choice that contrasts as much with his predecessor, more occupied by the global South, than with the Trompian conception of geopolitics.
Monday 28 September, Metz will host the last French stage of Pope Leo XIV. After Paris and Lourdes, he will focus on Europe, peace and interreligious dialogue. At the Metz Congress Centre, he will meet with...
The city of 120 000 inhabitants awaits between 50 000 and 100 000 people on the occasion of the papal visit, on Monday, to the city of Robert Schuman, figure of the Franco-German reconciliation and the European construction.
Radio France Internationale
Pope to speak on united Europe from French border town
The leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics wraps up his four-day trip with a visit to Metz, a northeastern city that repeatedly changed hands between France and Germany in past conflicts. The city is closely associated with Robert Schuman, considered one of the founding fathers of the European Union, who is buried just outside Metz. The first US pontiff was expected to speak on the "roots of Europe" and the importance of unity on a continen…
National Catholic Register
In Metz, Pope Leo Steps Into Europe’s Deepening Divide Over Immigration
As Leo prepares to reach Metz, at the crossroads of France, Germany, and Luxembourg, what message will he offer about welcoming the stranger and the consequen...
From the German Gate to St. Stephen's Cathedral and the Pompidou Centre, several tens of thousands of faithful are expected in Metz on September 28 for the arrival of Pope Leo XIV. For both the inhabitants and the elected, this visit resonates with the unique history of the Moselle, a land of wars and European reconciliation.
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