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Pope Leo XIV confirmed his expected trip to Latin America, which will take place from 6 to 17 November and will include visits to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. The Holy See ratified the tour after the doctors observed the good evolution of the Pontiff after his recent lung operation. The faithful celebrate the news and manifest their emotion.
Pope Leo XIV announced on Sunday October 11 that he will be operated in the next few days to remove a detected pulmonary nodule "at a very early stage." According to the Vatican, the 71-year-old pontiff will be hospitalized approximately one week.
The ad did it this morning. He said it was a preventive thing after a lump was discovered in one of his lungs.
Pope Leo XIV replaced migration at the heart of his agenda during his apostolic visit to France. After meeting with migrants and refugees, he asked Europe to make progress in the integration of those who come in search of opportunities and defended safe and legal ways, decent treatment for foreigners and the protection of children who migrate alone. Their words come in a context marked by the tightening of migration policies in several European countries.
On the last day of his apostolic visit to France, Pope Leo XIV focused his message on the peace, dialogue and unity of Europe. From the city of Metz, the Pontiff asked to reject "the illusion of rearmament," bet on negotiation and strengthen fraternity among peoples. For his part, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, emphasized the need for unity on the continent.
In Metz, on the fourth and last day of his trip to France, Pope Leo XIV urged those who negotiate the end of the war in Europe to be willing to give in some of their positions to achieve peace, in the face of the repeated failure of efforts to end the bloody Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Pontiff also questioned the increase in military spending in the European Union, evoked the Christian roots of the continent and defended European unity. Report by our journalist, Erika Olavarría.
During the fourth and last day of his visit to France, Pope Leo XIV delivered a speech in the city of Metz, where he stated that negotiators seeking to end the war in Europe must be willing to sacrifice some positions to achieve peace, as efforts to end Russia's bloody invasion of Ukraine continue to fail. The Pontiff also criticized the increase in defence spending in the EU, recalled the Christian history of the continent and advocated unity.
In Lourdes, on the third day of his visit to France, Pope Leo XIV devoted almost two hours on Sunday to a private meeting with seven victims of sexual abuse in the church, who claimed to have felt "truly heard." The Pope also took a firm position on the issue of death, stating that "it is impossible to consider taking away life as normal" and advocating the continued development of palliative care.
In the face of some 150,000 faithful gathered in Lourdes, Pope Leo XIV called on the Church to recognize and heal the wounds caused by sexual abuse. Later, in the face of sick or disabled people, he rejected assisted death and warned against "false compassion." The Pontiff also met with seven victims of abuses by the French clergy and reaffirmed his commitment to prevent other people from suffering similar damage, according to the Vatican.
A tide of faithful received Pope Leo XIV on the second day of his visit to France. The Pontiff led a mass in the Plaza de la Concordia and later visited the Maison Bakhita, where he met with migrants from different countries. During its activities, it highlighted the role of women in building a more just and inclusive society. The visit will continue in Lourdes, one of the world's main Catholic pilgrimage destinations. In addition, the Pope plans to meet with victims of abuse by members of the clergy.
A few weeks after having legalized assisted death, Pope Leo XIV arrived in France with a message of defense for life from birth to death. For Jose Casanova, professor of Sociology and Theology at Georgetown University, the statements of the Pontiff were not a way of putting pressure on the French Government, but an expression of its ethical position.
On the first day of his visit to France, Pope Leo XIV arrived at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis to preside over a vigil in a meeting with over 80,000 young people. Before his arrival, a show surrounded the stadium, so that the pontiff would then visit him in the papamovil. Report from our correspondent, Erika Olavarría.
An apostolic, historical and political visit. Pope Leo XIV arrived in France on 25 September, on the first visit of a Pontiff to that country in 18 years. The leading leader of the Catholic Church met with the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, at the Elyseum Palace, where he delivered a speech in French expressing his concern for assisted death and alerting to the dangers of artificial intelligence. Then he went to Notre-Dame in his papamovil and, on the way, he took a mass bath.
Pope Leo XIV urged the world to reconsider the development of artificial intelligence, with a fervent warning: the IA could create a future in which a "machine paradise" takes control of the Earth. For our guest Jesus Avezuela, general director of the foundation Paul VI, the Pontiff has at no time shown rejection of this technology, only concern for its lack of regulation.
Pope Leo XIV highlighted his concern for the development of IA tools in his UNESCO speech and his statement after meeting with President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysée Palace. The Pontiff had already expressed his vision of this technology and the need to improve it by thinking about the humanity of people in his encyclical 'Magnify Humans'. Our guest Santiago Andrés Sierra González explained what these documents are and their importance to the Catholic Church.
Pope Leo XIV began his four-day visit to France on Friday, 25 September, with a call against the laws that allow assisted death, just two months after the country established a legal right to die for people with incurable diseases after years of intense debate. The Vatican leader also urged the world to reconsider the development of artificial intelligence, with a fervent warning: the IA could create a future in which a "machine paradise" takes control of the Earth.
Political tensions around immigration and Islam, coupled with issues such as the inclusion of the right to abortion in the Constitution or euthanasia, add political interest to the visit
United Nations On September 25, Pope Leo XIV will return to France after two decades without a Vatican leader visiting that country. Your tour will begin in Paris, then visit the Lourdes shrine and end in Metz.
