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Pope Leo XIV urges European leaders to be willing to make concessions to help end Russia–Ukraine war — but doesn’t say what should be conceded
Pope Leo XIV has urged European leaders seeking to end Russia’s war against Ukraine to be ready to make concessions for the sake of peace. He made the remarks yesterday during a visit to France.
In Paris, Pope warns against losing humanity in ‘paradise of machines’Leo the moderate? Pope in France defends EU values
There's a new pope in town and he's got very different ideas on what France's far right calls the defense of Christian civilisation. Leo XIV is concluding his trip to France in the eastern city of Metz, which is closely associated with a founding father of present-day European federalism, Robert Schuman. There, the head of the world's largest organised religion proudly stated fact that Europe's roots are Christian, dating back to the Romans, all the while hailing an EU model that transcends "us versus them" ideology and brushes aside "might is right" in favour of human rights and international law.
Macron and Pope Leo XIV unite on AI risks and nuclear weapons- Güvenlik29 Eyl
Pope Leo XIV: AI doom fears are not ‘fake news’
The first U.S. pope, who has warned of the dangers of AI throughout his 16-month papacy, also directly criticized technology CEOs who argued there should be no guardrails on the technology.
Pope Leo ends France trip in Metz, spotlighting Schuman and EU unity
Pope Leo XIV ended his four-day visit to France in Metz on Monday by urging Europe to build on its Christian heritage and culture of dialogue rather than succumb to what he called the “desire for domination” behind many of today’s wars.
Macron and Pope Leo XIV unite on AI risks and nuclear weaponsPope Leo wraps up France visit, urging Europe to help combat 'lies and deceit'
Pope Leo XIV urged Europe on Monday to draw from its Christian roots and tradition of dialogue to counter the "uncivilised" relations and "desire for domination" driving today's wars, as he wrapped up a four-day state visit to France that leaned heavily into politics and drew huge crowds at every turn.
Macron and Pope Leo XIV unite on AI risks and nuclear weaponsPope urges Europe to help combat 'lies and deceit' in world affairs
Pope Leo XIV wrapped up a historic four-day visit to France on Monday after warning that relations between nations were becoming increasingly uncivilised and urging Europe to help break the spiral of "lies and deceit".
Macron and Pope Leo XIV unite on AI risks and nuclear weaponsPope calls on Europe to help combat ‘deceit and lies’ in international ties
Pope Leo XIV sees Europe as a counterweight to major powers and has in the past called on the EU to overcome tensions and rediscover unity in pursuit of peace in Ukraine and beyond.
Pope calls on Europe to help combat ‘deceit and lies’ in international tiesPope wraps up France trip with most overtly political message of trip
Pope Leo XIV urged Europe on Monday to draw from its Christian roots and traditions of dialogue to blunt the “desire for domination” driving today's wars, as he wrapped up a visit to France by recalling the forces that contributed to the continent's peaceful integration and made his post overtly political message of his trip.
Macron and Pope Leo XIV unite on AI risks and nuclear weaponsLive:Pope Leo XIV to wrap up France visit in Metz with call for European unity
Pope Leo XIV warned in Metz on Monday that relations between nations were becoming "increasingly uncivilised", with people boasting of "lies and deceit". Speaking with President Emmanuel Macron in attendance, on the last day of his visit to France, he urged Europe to help "break this cycle".
Macron and Pope Leo XIV unite on AI risks and nuclear weaponsLeo building on Francis' legacy while reincorporating 'more traditional elements of papal activity'
Erin Ogunkeye is pleased to welcome Miles Pattenden, historian of the Catholic Church at the University of Oxford. For Pattenden, Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France is part of a broader recalibration of the papacy. While Pope Francis placed particular emphasis on the Catholic Church’s peripheries and the needs of the Global South, Leo is subtly bringing the Church’s historic European heartlands back into focus. France is especially significant in this regard, given its deep historical relationship with Catholicism and its evolving relationship with Christianity, European identity, secularism and contemporary geopolitical debates.
Leo building on Francis' legacy while reincorporating 'more traditional elements of papal activity'Pope Leo to invoke Schuman’s vision of a united Europe during visit to Metz
Pope Leo XIV will use the final day of his visit to France on Monday to pay tribute to Robert Schuman – the French foreign minister who was one of the architects of European integration – in a message expected to focus on peace, unity and the principles that shaped post-war Europe.
In Paris, Pope warns against losing humanity in ‘paradise of machines’Pope celebrates giant Paris mass in landmark visit
PARIS: Pope Leo XIV on Saturday celebrated an open-air mass in front of hundreds of thousands of faithful in Paris after riding in the popemobile along the iconic Champs Elysees to the cheers of huge crowds clutching French and Vatican flags. The leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics is on a four-day trip to France, a secular country with deep Catholic roots, on the first official papal visit to France in nearly two decades. In the highlight of the visit’s second day, the 71-year-old pope led believers in a mass at Place de la Concorde, where a giant white canopy had been erected to serve as a makeshift altar. Dozens of screens were installed to allow worshippers to follow the hour-and-a-half-long service. The trip stirred visible enthusiasm and spiritual fervour among the faithful. The pope’s prayers were accompanied by choral and organ music as the sun broke through the grey skies. “It is truly good and pleasant when brothers and sisters come together and glorify the greatness of God,” said Pope Leo, dressed in white liturgical vestments. Over a stretch of more than two kilometres, some 800,000 people had gathered all the way beyond the Arc de Triomphe, the Vatican said. The city centre was sealed off for the service, with helicopters circling overhead and snipers positioned on rooftops. “It’s one time in history to see the pope,” said Aline Riziki, 41, who was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo and who has lived in France for 11 years. “I dropped everything to come here and see him, to pray for peace in the east” of her homeland, wracked by conflict for decades, she said. Some people sitting on the pavement hugged their knees and dropped their heads in concentration as they listened to the pope’s voice echo across the Champs Elysees. Parents arrived with pushchairs and held children on their shoulders as crowds hoped to catch a glimpse of the pontiff. ‘Important moment’ Jeanne de Montagnac, 29, came with her husband and two-year-old girl, who was perched on his shoulders. “We’re happy that, even if she won’t remember it, we’re sharing this with her,” she said, a small golden cross dangling over her jumper. “It’s an important moment for us to be surrounded by other people who also have faith.” The first US pontiff was visiting France seven months before voters choose a successor to centrist President Emmanuel Macron, with the anti-immigration far right eyeing its best opportunity yet to capture the presidency. A number of presidential hopefuls were present, including far-right leader Marine Le Pen and centrist Edouard Philippe. President Emmanuel Macron did not attend the mass but was represented by his wife Brigitte. “We’re incredibly lucky,” Suzanne Grange, 62, said ahead of the service. “We were already lucky enough to see Pope John Paul II in Paris back in 1980,” added her husband Pascal, 65. ‘Dignity and peace’ Earlier in the day, the pope met migrants at Maison Bakhita, an association supporting refugees. Leo said it was “possible to encounter one another and to live together in dignity and peace”. He also stressed the “fundamental role of women in building a civilisation of love”. The association said the pope’s visit sent a “message” ahead of the April-May election. On Friday, an estimated 300,000 people turned out to see the pontiff as he waved from his popemobile on the way to the Notre Dame Cathedral. “There is a sense of fervour reminiscent of that experienced over 40 years ago with John Paul II,” Francois Mabille, director of the Geopolitical Observatory on Religion, told broadcaster RMC. On Friday, Pope Leo stressed the need for ethics to avoid an AI-driven “paradise of machines” and, as war rages in Ukraine for a fifth year, urged France to remain a “tireless champion of peace”. He also told young adults at a stadium outside Paris on Friday night that they were the “saints of France”. Later Saturday Pope Leo will head to Lourdes, a southwestern town where, according to Catholic tradition, the Virgin Mary appeared in a grotto in 1858 to a peasant girl. On Sunday, he will speak with seven victims of clerical sex abuse. Published in Dawn, September 27th, 2026
Church confronts shock of abuse crisis
After two days in Paris, where he drew hundreds of thousands of worshippers, Pope Leo XIV is continuing his visit to France in the southwestern pilgrimage town of Lourdes. There, he is due to meet privately with survivors of clergy sexual abuse. His four-day trip is the first official papal visit to France in nearly two decades. For more reaction, we can speak to Marc Artzrouni, the French representative for the global coalition “Ending Clergy Abuse”.
In Paris, Pope warns against losing humanity in ‘paradise of machines’Pope warns a 'paradise of machines' could undermine humanity as he opens France trip
Pope Leo XIV has warned that a "paradise of machines" could undermine humanity. He raises concerns about artificial intelligence, nuclear arms, and human rights during his visit to France.
Pope Leo XIV warns AI could undermine humanity during France visit
Thousands gather in Paris as the pope warns against a 'paradise of machines' at the Elysee Palace.
In Paris, Pope warns against losing humanity in ‘paradise of machines’Macron and Pope Leo XIV unite on AI risks and nuclear weapons
The French leader called on international oversight to ensure the most advanced systems mankind has ever created, are not controlled by a small number of powerful actors, or get used as instruments to oppress people.
Macron and Pope Leo XIV unite on AI risks and nuclear weapons‘I hope France wakes up’: Young Catholics flood the streets for Pope Leo's Paris visit
Armed with paper fortune-tellers and pop worship songs, young French Catholics from the Anuncio movement fanned out into the crowds awaiting Pope Leo XIV's arrival in Paris on Friday, hoping to bring strangers closer to God in one of Europe's most secular countries.
Pope warns against losing humanity in AI-driven 'paradise of machines' during France visit
Pope Leo XIV on Friday warned against losing humanity in a “paradise of machines”, after church bells rang and thousands gathered to welcome him to France amid worldwide concern over the dangers of artificial intelligence. “If we are to avoid losing our humanity amid a paradise of machines invading and conditioning our daily lives, there is an urgent need for education in ethical discernment,” Leo said after President Emmanuel Macron welcomed him to the presidential palace, on the first of four days in the country. On the first official papal trip in 18 years to a proudly secular country that has since 1901 separated church and state, the pope also stressed that “authentic secularity” should not exclude religion. It “consists not in excluding religion from the public sphere or from education, but in striving to ensure that the state and religious institutions maintain dialogue and join forces in the service of the common good,” the leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics said. Politicians have in recent years invoked France’s brand of secularism to justify bans on religious symbols, including Muslim women’s attire in public spaces and schools. France is just seven months away from the first round of its presidential election to replace Macron, with the anti-immigration far right eyeing its best chance at seizing power in the vote. ‘Sense of peace’ After France passed legislation in June granting some adult patients the right to assisted dying, the first US pontiff said he was concerned by trends “that risk turning science and technology into profit-driven ventures promoting genetic manipulation, surrogacy, the trade in human organs or the possibility of arranging one’s own death”. The pope, whose paternal grandmother was born in France, urged the European nation to remain a “tireless champion of peace” worldwide, as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine drags into its fifth year. Macron and his wife Brigitte earlier greeted the 71-year-old pope at the airport, where a red carpet was rolled out on the tarmac, as he marked the first official trip by a head of the Vatican since Pope Benedict XVI in September 2008. French President Emmanuel Macron (C), flanked by his wife Brigitte Macron (R), shakes hands with Pope Leo XIV as he leaves after their meeting at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, France on September 25, 2026. — AFP “I’m travelling to France, as to anywhere else in the world, as a follower of Jesus Christ wanting to proclaim peace, the peace of Christ throughout the world,” Pope Leo told reporters on the plane, adding that the message was “particularly important” at the current time. A million people are expected at events across Paris during the first two days of his trip. The high point of the apostolic journey will be a giant mass on Saturday, led by the pontiff at Place de la Concorde and adjoining Champs-Elysees. Pope Leo will also visit Lourdes, a pilgrimage site for Christians worldwide where he will privately meet victims of clerical sex abuse, and Metz, near the German border, where he is to further speak about peace in Europe. “The pope’s visit gives me a sense of peace in a troubled world,” said Andree Estienne, 76, adding she could not wait to attend the Mass on the Champs-Elysees. “I don’t think I will experience anything of this scale again in my lifetime.” ‘To be near him’ Later on Friday, Leo is to wave to the crowds on a 2.5-kilometre popemobile ride to the Notre Dame cathedral in central Paris, where he will be the first pope to inspect renovations following a devastating 2019 fire. His predecessor, Pope Francis — who visited France three times, but never officially — did not attend the Gothic masterpiece’s reopening in late 2024, when then president-elect Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk were among the guests. People gather outside the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral in Paris ahead of the arrival of Pope Leo XIV to celebrate Vespers, as part of his four-day apostolic journey to France, on September 25, 2026. — Reuters Carmen Quintana, a 71-year-old Peruvian, said she would be among the crowd. “We’re very happy to be able to be near him,” she said of the pontiff, who spent two decades as a missionary in Peru and also holds Peruvian nationality. Last on his agenda for the day will be a mass prayer and hymns with 80,000 young believers aged 17 to 35 in a stadium in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis. A relic, believed to be the tunic Jesus wore during the Passion, will have been transported out of the nearby Saint-Denis Cathedral to the stadium for the occasion. Only around five per cent of France’s 69 million residents go to Catholic church regularly, a survey last year found. But while the number of infant christenings has dwindled in recent years, teenage and adult baptisms are on the rise, with thousands choosing to embrace the faith.
In Paris, Pope warns against losing humanity in ‘paradise of machines’AI's 'paradise of machines' a threat to humanity, Pope Leo says
Pope Leo XIV warned Friday that a "paradise of machines" risked undermining humanity as he opened a trip to France by posing fundamental questions about what it means to be human in the age of artificial intelligence, nuclear arms race and other threats to life itself.
Pope warns a ‘paradise of machines’ could undermine humanity as he opens France trip
Pope Leo XIV warned Friday that a “paradise of machines” risked undermining humanity as he opened a trip to France by posing fundamental questions about what it means to be human in the age of artificial intelligence, nuclear arms race and other threats to life itself.
France: Pope Leo XIV begins Paris diplomacy at the Élysée
Pope Leo XIV has arrived in Paris, and was welcomed at the Élysée Palace by French president Emmanuel Macron. They are having closed-door talks on international geopolitics, artificial intelligence and peace. The pontiff is then set to deliver a speech at the Élysée Palace. FRANCE 24's Luke Shrago has more.
Europe Today: Trump's state dinner for Xi Jinping, Pope Leo's first visit to France
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 Lindegaard on the US-Denmark deal on Greenland and an update on the Ceuta migration crisis.
Pope Leo arrives in France for visit spanning faith and politics
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.
Peter Thiel slams pope’s AI encyclical as gift to Chinese Communist Party
The tech billionaire argued that Pope Leo XIV’s call to regulate AI could slow the West while China surges ahead with the technology.
Huge security operation underway for Pope's visit to France
Hundreds of thousands of the faithful and visitors are expected in Paris this weekend as Pope Leo XIV visits the French capital, marking the first papal visit to the country since 2008. France has pulled out all the stops to welcome the pontiff over the two-day visit in the capital and security forces are ensuring maximum protection with some 14,000 police officers, gendarmes, and soldiers mobilized across the capital.
Packing for a pope: Behind the scenes on foreign trips
Papal trips mean vast crowds, high-level diplomatic meetings and a formidable amount of behind-the-scenes preparation, from delicately balanced agendas to complex security protection for the head of the Catholic Church. Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France from September 25 to 28, which includes events at the Notre-Dame Cathedral and the Champs-Elysees, will involve some 15,000 members of the security forces. The groundwork for this visit — the first papal trip to Paris since 2008 — was laid well before it was officially announced. A crowd awaits Pope Leo XIV’s address from the window of the apostolic palace overlooking St Peter’s Square during his Sunday Angelus prayer at the Vatican on September 20, 2026. —AFP Countries invite the pope, but whether or not he visits is based on a range of pastoral and political considerations. The complex decision “depends heavily on the international context”, a Vatican source told AFP. The Vatican takes into account social and political circumstances, from conflicts to humanitarian crises, as well as the situation of the local church and the history of previous visits. But each pope has his own wish list and the choice of destinations also reflects the papacy’s geopolitical priorities. For example, “John Paul II travelled extensively to eastern European countries to denounce Communism,” the source said. A cyclist rides past a grandstand under construction at Place de la Concorde, with the Obelisk and the Eiffel Tower in the background, in Paris on September 16, 2026, ahead of the visit of Pope Leo XIV to France. — AFP In his 12 years as pontiff, the Argentinian Pope Francis favoured the “peripheries” of the Church, from Iraq to Mongolia and Papua New Guinea, while US-born Leo seems more inclined towards Europe and major international institutions. Sky-high briefing Since the Vatican does not have an official aircraft, the Holy See charters a commercial plane from Italian national airline ITA for the outbound journey, while the return flight is generally operated by the host country. On board, the pope occupies seat 1A, at the front left of the cabin. In front of him is a depiction of the Virgin Mary. Beside him, in seats bearing the Holy See coat of arms, sit cardinals, his private secretaries, and a doctor. Dressed in dark suits and ties, some 40 officers from the Vatican Gendarmerie and Swiss Guard provide close protection. In the rear of the cabin travel the media: approximately 80 journalists, photographers and cameramen. Media outlets pay for their correspondents’ tickets, which generally cost several thousand euros. On the outbound journey, the pope walks down the plane, greeting the journalists individually. He sometimes shares a few personal anecdotes and some correspondents give him presents — from football shirts to food. On the return trip, the pontiff holds one of the most closely watched press conferences in the world: a sky-high briefing at 10,000 metres in a cabin cluttered with cameras, microphones and tripods. The luggage includes the pope’s personal belongings, speeches prepared weeks in advance, and security equipment. There are also sealed cases containing liturgical objects — such as chasubles, to be worn during mass — and dozens of official gifts for heads of state and dignitaries, such as paintings, books or rosaries. ‘Advance team’ Security and logistics are the biggest challenges. With his dual status as head of state and leader of 1.4 billion Catholics, the pope is one of the most heavily protected figures in the world. The medical team carries a supply of the pope’s blood type, while a hospital suite is kept on standby in the host country. The iconic white pope-mobile is transported in advance, and a backup vehicle is ready on site. Journalists, including AFP, precede the pope at every stage in a convoy escorted by law enforcement, with sirens blaring. As before each trip, a Vatican delegation known as the “advance team” travelled to France in mid-July to finalise the details with local authorities. “The programme can change at the very last minute,” a Vatican security source told AFP. “Everything has to be meticulously planned, almost down to the second.”
Packing for a pope: Behind the scenes on foreign tripsLeo XIV reverses cuts to cardinals' salaries made by Francis
(ANSA) - ROME, 14 SET - Pope Leo XIV has reversed a 10% cut on cardinals' salaries imposed by his predecessor Pope Francis in 2021 during the COVID-19 emergency, the Vatican said on Monday. It said the American pontiff had issued a motu proprio repealing the cuts ushered in by Francis in his 'A Sustainable Future' motu proprio of March 23, 2021. "Those measures can now be set aside, in the certainty that the institutions of the Holy See and the Vatican City State will continue, through various means, their commitment to ensuring economic sustainability," Leo wrote. (ANSA). Read article...