For a 'measured diplomatic figure', Pope Leo's visit to France has been 'deeply political'
- France: 235 events in the last 90 days
- Previous: earlier the same day · 'Fascinating success': Pope Leo’s appeal in France transcends faith and politics
What happened
Erin Ogunkeye is pleased to welcome Colleen Dulle, Vatican correspondent for America magazine and author of "Struck Down, Not Destroyed". She came to Pope Leo’s visit to France expecting measured diplomacy but was struck by how deeply political the trip became. She observed a pope trying to articulate a vision of Europe shaped simultaneously by its Christian inheritance, its history of conflict, its encounter with o…
Summary assembled by rule from the sources below