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Today — 28 September 2026NYT - World

Pope Leo Praises Europe’s Democracy, Diverging Once Again From Trump

28 September 2026 at 12:25
Speaking in France, the pontiff lauded postwar efforts to unify the continent. Experts saw it as a critique of President Trump’s repeated berating of European leaders.

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In Metz, in northeastern France, Pope Leo XIV spoke of a Europe that would “continue to flourish and to inspire the whole world.”

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

25 September 2026 at 15:38
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.

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Pope Leo XIV is welcomed by France’s President Emmanuel Macron upon his arrival at Orly airport on the outskirts of Paris on Friday.

Pope Leo Signals Support for Journalists Targeted by Trump

25 September 2026 at 13:44
Asked about the Trump administration’s restrictions on journalists, Leo told reporters accompanying him on a flight to France that they were “all welcome.”

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Pope Leo XIV with President Emmanuel Macron of France and Brigitte Macron, the president’s wife, at the Élysée Palace in Paris on Friday.
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