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Pope’s visit puts tension between French secularism and Catholicism in spotlight

Leo XIV Catholicism France Emmanuel Macron Gregorio Borgia
Pope Leo XIV greets worshippers after the Angelus prayer in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, 26 July.
Pope Leo XIV greets worshippers after the Angelus prayer in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, 26 July. AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia - Gregorio Borgia

As Pope Leo XIV prepares to visit France this weekend, the trip is set to highlight the country’s distinctive model of laïcité – secularism – and the enduring place of Catholicism in French public life.

Pope Leo XIV’s four-day visit to France from Friday will put one of the country’s oldest tensions back in the spotlight – how a nation shaped for centuries by Catholicism reconciles that heritage with one of Europe’s strictest models of secularism.

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