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Football: Blues give Zidane a first win

Zinedine Zidane was eagerly awaited for her first match as a team player in France and started with a victory. The Blues won 1-0 in Turkey thanks to a goal by Kylian Mbappé, released shortly afterwards on injury to the knee.

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Pope Leo XIV in the face of the revival of Catholicism among French youth

On his second day of visit to Paris, Pope Leo XIV is expected at the Catholic Institute. At the heart of this exchange: the rise of baptisms among adolescents and young adults, in a France marked by secularization. France 24 provided an update with Constance Colonna Cesari, a journalist specializing in the papacy.

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France: Pope says 'authentic secularity' does not exclude religion

Pope Leo XIV said on a visit to France on Friday that "authentic secularity" should not exclude religion, in a country where law has for more than a century separated church and state. "An authentic secularity, then, 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," he said.

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Pope Leo XIV welcomed like a rock star at Stade de France near Paris

"For the pope, for God, make some noise!": Blending gospel and contemporary Christian music, 80,000 young Catholics filled the Stade de France on Friday evening to proclaim their faith. They gave Pope Leo XIV a rock-star welcome as he arrived at the stadium in his 'popemobile'.

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Volleyball: the French in the Euro Final after victory over Finland

The French volleyball team qualified for the Euro Final by beating Finland on Friday night in Milan. Les Bleus will be opposed on Saturday, still in Milan, Poland, who holds the title, for a poster that will also be a reissue of the final of the Olympic Games in Paris 2024, won by the French.

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"Let his message awaken France": the hope of young Catholics before Pope Leo XIV

Many young people were present on Friday in the crowd gathered in the streets of Paris to see Pope Leo XIV in his papamobile. Among them, several members of the Anuncio group, which practises evangelization on the street. The objective: to share their faith with those present during this historic visit of the head of the Church.

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Pope's visit to France, UN General Assembly and Xi Jinping in Washington

Pope Leo XIV arrived in France this morning. After the joy in the streets of Paris this afternoon and the fervor at Notre-Dame for vespers, he is expected tonight at the Stade de France for a great vigil. This week was also marked by the UN General Assembly in New York, where world leaders addressed major international issues. Finally, Xi Jinping is about to leave the United States after three days of visit, described as "very positive" by D. Trump.

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Francophonie: "I regretted the departure of the three Sahel states", Louise Mushikiwabo

The International Organization of la Francophonie (OIF) is preparing to hold a vote for the first time in its history to elect its Secretary-General. In an interview with France 24, Louise Mushikiwabo, a candidate for her own estate, called herself "serine". The withdrawal in 2025 from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger of the organization did not, in her view, constitute a failure "of the secretary general".

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The "wrap", a popular ECI restraint system

France 24 investigated a very controversial aspect of Trump's expulsion policy: the transfer of undocumented people from the United States to African countries with which they have no connection. Karina Chabour went to meet these expelled, one of them traveled tied up in "the wrap," a popular ICE restraint system. A survey conducted as part of The Deportation Project coordinated by Forbidden Stories.