The pope's trip to France aims to celebrate Catholicism's renewed dynamism in the country, where baptisms among teenagers and adults have risen sharply. This phenomenon has gone hand in hand with a strengthening of conservative forces.
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European governments are cutting fuel taxes, offering subsidies and adjusting energy rules to ease the impact of record petrol and diesel prices. France, Germany and Spain are among those expanding support, while the EU faces the added risk of possible US restrictions on diesel e...
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From a fancy lunch at the Ritz's Hemingway Bar to an American literary festival outside Paris - this week's La Belle Vie looks at how young people seem to be falling in love with reading again....
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France will send troops and defence systems to Saudi Arabia to help protect the Red Sea port city of Yanbu, which is key for energy transport, French President Emmanuel Macron has said in a TV interview. He also denied a report by Spanish newspaper El Mundo that the US Central In...
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Trump and Xi Jinping's high-stakes Washington summit was closely watched in Europe, as Pope Leo XIV arrives in France for the first time. Also on the show: an interview with Danish minister Martin Lidegaard on the US-Denmark deal on Greenland and an update on the Ceuta migration ...
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Yanbu serves as the kingdom's primary crude export terminal on the Red Sea and is connected to its oil-producing regions near the Gulf coast by the East-West pipeline, also known as Petroline....
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From migration to artificial intelligence, clerical abuse and war in Europe, Pope Leo XIV’s first visit to France this weekend will touch on some of the biggest challenges facing the Catholic Church and French society alike....
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The Pope is making the first official papal visit to France in 18 years, during which he is expected to meet survivors of sexual abuse, EU leaders and large crowds of worshippers....
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The four-day visit, both a religious and diplomatic event, is highly anticipated by French Catholics.
