Pope Leo in France: the key issues on the table
Pope Leo XIV is set to begin an official visit to France on 25 September, with several thorny issues hanging over the trip, from clerical sexual abuse to the country's new assisted dying law.
Pope Leo XIV is set to begin an official visit to France on 25 September, with several thorny issues hanging over the trip, from clerical sexual abuse to the country's new assisted dying law.
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They name their children Dior or Al Capone and love designer clothes and luxury cars. To maintain their lavish lifestyle, the men of the Hamidovic clan – a Romani family of Bosnian origin – have maintained a reign of fear over an army of young female pickpockets on Paris public t...
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This 32-year-old from Montpellier, who grew up in a radicalized family and faces a possible life sentence, told the Paris special criminal court that he's discovered 'a new vision of life' since his imprisonment in France....
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It was France's most severe heatwave on record: almost 8,000 excess deaths, some 120,000 hectares of scorched land, livestock and crops lost, birds falling silent in blackened forests. And for Juliette Decq, a climate consultant and mother of two, it was also the summer her home ...
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The French president will visit Saint Pierre and Miquelon for the first time during his presidency. Mark Carney, who this week welcomed a proposal for closer ties with the EU, will be the first Canadian prime minister to visit....
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France's debt mountain is growing and will this year be at its highest level since 1995 because of a soaring deficit, the country's finance ministry said Saturday....
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Ever since he first took office, Emmanuel Macron has placed great importance on his relationships with popes. His repeated invitations, breaches of protocol and displays of 'familiarity' have at times been seen as 'attempts to instrumentalize' the relationship....
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France has called on Moscow to "reverse" its decision to take control of assets belonging to European companies still operating in Russia, including Swiss food giant Nestle and three French groups. The Kremlin defends the takeover as a justified measure against firms representing...
