Event Brief
Pope Leo XIV begins four-day France visit
By The BriefBrief · Sources (7)
Filed: Sep 21, 2026 at 8:14 AM ET
Summary: Pope Leo XIV begins a four-day visit to France on Friday. The trip comes as France has enshrined abortion in its constitution and approved a bill establishing a right to assisted dying, positions that conflict with Catholic views on abortion and euthanasia.
WHO: Pope Leo XIV
WHAT: Pope Leo XIV begins a four-day visit to France.
WHEN: Sep 21, 2026
WHERE: France
WHY: The visit is scheduled as a four-day trip to France amid differences between Catholic views and France’s constitutional and legal positions on abortion and assisted dying.
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