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Pope Leo XIV in France to Find a Secular Country at Odds with Catholic Teaching on Life
French bishops expect 1 million people to see the pope as he highlights abortion, assisted dying and church abuse reform.
- Pope Leo XIV begins a visit to France on Sept. 25, with the official trip motto "That the world may have life" emphasizing human dignity as he travels to Lourdes to pray.
- Leo's visit lands amid France's 2024 constitutional right to abortion and the National Assembly's recent approval of lethal medication for incurable illnesses, which contrasts sharply with Catholic teaching that life must be defended from conception until natural death.
- In Lourdes, the pontiff confronts a prickly abuse case: Rev. Marko Rupnik is on trial in a Vatican court, accused by more than two dozen women of psychological and sexual abuse; Lourdes Bishop Jean-Marc Micas ordered the artist's mosaics covered to spare victims.
- Organizers lengthened the perimeter for the main Mass at the central Place de la Concorde due to larger-than-expected crowds; French bishops expect 1 million people will see the pope during the Sept. 25-28 visit.
- On Day 1, Leo visits UNESCO to promote his AI encyclical "Magnificent Humanity," while concluding Sept. 28 in Metz, where he will meet faith leaders at a European conference on peace amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.
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Pope Leo XIV in France to find a secular country at odds with Catholic
VATICAN CITY (AP) — When an ailing Pope John Paul II visited the French shrine at Lourdes in 2004, on his last foreign trip, he delivered a forceful condemnation of abortion and euthanasia as he gasped for
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Pope Leo XIV in France to find a secular country at odds with Catholic teaching on life
VATICAN CITY (AP) — When an ailing Pope John Paul II visited the French shrine at Lourdes in 2004, on his last foreign trip, he delivered a forceful condemnation of abortion and euthanasia as he gasped for air during Mass.
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Pope Leo XIV will be in France from September 25th to 28th, where he will visit Lourdes and UNESCO and speak about the protection of life, human dignity, and artificial intelligence.
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