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Pope Leo on Monday warned that relations between nations were becoming "increasingly uncivilised" with people boasting of "lies and deceit", and urged Europe to help "break this cycle"as he wrapped up what France 24's Angela Diffley says has been a "hugely successful" visit to France with a speech in Metz.
The French President, Emmanuel Macron, took the floor to introduce the Pope's conference, entitled "At the Roots of Europe for Peace and Unity", at the Robert Schuman Congress Centre in Metz. He boasts the construction of Europe, led by Robert Schuman, General de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer.
Pope Leo XIV urged Europe on Monday to "put an end" to the "spirale" of "mense and deception" in international relations, during a speech in Metz, the third and final stage of his visit to France.
French President Emmanuel Macron said that Europe must rediscover the “courage of its founders” and not give in to the “resurgence of nationalism" as he delivered an address alongside Pope Leo XIV in Metz on the last day of the pontiff's visit to France.
Pope Leo XIV urged Europe to remember its Christian history and appealed for peace and unity in a speech delivered in France's northeastern city of Metz on Monday, the fourth and final day of his visit. "Relations between individuals and states are becoming increasingly uncivilised. The value of keeping one's word is dismissed. Instead, people boast of lies and deceit," he said. "Europe can help to break this cycle through the respect for others that it has learned to cultivate and preserve."
Pope Leo XIV arrived Monday morning in Metz, where he intends to give a European tone on the fourth - and last - day of his visit to France, in the presence of Emmanuel Macron, who will finally attend Mass. The details of Christophe Dickes, historian of the Vatican, papacy and international relations.
Pope Leo on Monday arrived in Metz to speak on the future of Europe on the final day of his visit to France. Metz, a northeastern city that repeatedly changed hands between France and Germany in past conflicts, is closely associated with Robert Schuman, considered one of the founding fathers of the European Union, who is buried just outside Metz. France 24’s Luke Shrago in Metz and Douglas Herbert in the studio take a look at what’s on the agenda.
Arriving in Metz on Monday, Pope Leo XIV delivered a speech at the Robert Schuman Congress Centre. He felt that one could not speak of Europe without mentioning Christianity, while denouncing the "unnecessary massacres" linked to the return of war on the Old Continent. The day will then give rise to a last tour in papamobile in the midst of thousands of faithful and a Mass at St.Étienne's Cathedral in the presence of Emmanuel Macron. Follow the Pope's final stage in France live.
Pope Leo XIV arrived Monday morning in Metz, where he intends to give a European tone on the fourth - and last - day of his visit to France, in the presence of Emmanuel Macron, who will finally attend Mass.
The visit of Leo XIV gives reservations to Metz and Lourdes. In Paris, hotel activity is also increasing, but the Pope's effect remains difficult to isolate. There is still no consolidated balance sheet to measure the economic benefits of these four days at this time.
Pope Leo XIV urged Europe to remember its Christian history and appealed for peace and unity in a speech delivered in France's northeastern city of Metz on Monday, the fourth and final day of his visit. Later in the afternoon he is set for a final tour in the popemobile and lead a Mass at Saint-Etienne Cathedral set to be attended by French President Emmanuel Macron. Follow our liveblog for all the latest.
On the last day of his visit to France, Pope Leo XIV travels Monday to Metz, in particular to celebrate the European construction as a source of peace. French President Emmanuel Macron will attend Mass at Saint-Étienne Cathedral.
After three days marked by popular enthusiasm and crowds of worshippers in Paris and Lourdes, Pope Leo XIV will end his four-day visit to France on Monday in the northeastern city of Metz with a Mass and a speech about the future of European integration.
Leon XIV will fly Monday morning to Metz for the last stage of his visit, a more European and interreligious sequence.
Our guest Miles Patten, a historian of the Catholic Church, explained that papal visits are carefully planned events and the cities chosen to visit have a motive and a purpose. León XIV travels Paris, Lourdes and Metz on his visit to France.
Pope Leo XIV has landed at Paris Orly Airport for the start of his four-day visit to France. A welcoming ceremony was held on the tarmac in the presence of President Emmanuel Macron, marking the beginning of a programme combining diplomatic meetings with major public events across Paris, Lourdes and Metz.
Waited for by enthusiastic faithful, Pope Leo XIV flew to Paris on Friday, for a four-day visit to France, during which he will discuss a variety of topics, including artificial intelligence, migration and the fight against sexual violence.
In the Plaza de la Concordia the immense stage for Pope Leo XIV is finished, which will receive 600,000 people for an outdoor mass. On September 25, the Pontiff will arrive in France, a country that a Pope did not officially visit for 18 years, when Benedict XVI travelled there in 2008. His four-day tour will begin in Paris, then visit the Lourdes shrine and end in Metz on September 28. The Parisians are waiting for the arrival of the high Pontiff, and the Catholics prepare to receive him.
Leon XIV arrives in France on Friday for four days. First stage: Paris with a passage to the Élysée. Then the pope will go to Lourdes and Metz. Three cities, three strong messages in a France where the weight of Catholicism has fallen sharply.
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.
