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

Scritto il 25/09/2026
da Motoko Rich and Mark Landler

After visiting Africa, Pope Leo’s four-day trip to France shows how he is seeking to appeal to Roman Catholicism’s original heartlands as well as to the church’s newest strongholds.Pope Leo XIV is welcomed by France’s President Emmanuel Macron upon his arrival at Orly airport on the outskirts of Paris on Friday.