Pope Leo to visit a secular France at odds with Catholic views on abortion, euthanasia
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What happened
Pope Leo XIV on Friday begins a four-day visit to France, where the Catholic Church's views on abortion and euthanasia run counter to the values of a secular country that recently enshrined abortion in its constitution and gave final approval to a bill establishing the right to assisted dying.
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