Pope announces that he will be operated on a nodule in the lung soon
Natalia Mendoza, our Rome correspondent, deciphers the situation.
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Natalia Mendoza, our Rome correspondent, deciphers the situation.
The 71-year-old pope declared that the nodule had been identified "at a very early stage".
Pope Leo XIV completed on Monday an intense four-day visit to France with a speech with political accents in Metz. He called for peace and interreligious dialogue, while calling on Europe to combat "deceit and deception" in international relations. The Supreme Pontiff took off at the end of the day for Rome.
Arriving in Metz on Monday, Pope Leo XIV, in a speech at the Robert-Schuman congress centre, considered that one could not speak of Europe without mentioning Christianity, while denouncing the "unnecessary massacres" linked to the return of the war on Old Continent. The day then gave rise to a last lap in papamobile in the midst of thousands of faithful and to a mass at Saint-Étienne Cathedral, in the presence of Emmanuel Macron.
Mass began in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Metz. This is the last Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV during his visit to France.
Prior to the Mass celebrated at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Metz, Pope Leo XIV wandered in papamobile among the faithful. In particular, he blessed little Lazarus, under the emotional eyes of his mother. A live footage from our journalists sent to the scene.
In #Metz, the Pope called for lessons from history in the face of the return of war in #Europe. Based on the words of Robert #Schuman, he pleads for a Europe committed to dialogue, the courage of negotiations and the search for #peace.
Pope Leo XIV blessed a baby live on France 24 during his walk through the streets of Metz.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday encouraged the French bishops to "continue" their action in the face of the "douloulous scourge" of child criminality in the Church, during a closed meeting in Lourdes.
Natalia Mendoza is live from Lourdes.
Leon XIV will fly Monday morning to Metz for the last stage of his visit, a more European and interreligious sequence.
Arnaud Gallais, President of the Mouv'enfants association, is our guest.
After two days in Paris where he attracted more than a million people, Léon XIV continued his visit to Lourdes on Sunday in France, with a new mass and a much awaited appointment with victims of sexual violence in the Church.
On the occasion of the Pope's visit to France, we asked a few young people who were waiting to attend the Mass given on the Place de la Concorde what they felt, what the papal figure represented and what they would like to see Leo XIV in the coming days.
Before arriving at the Place de la Concorde to open Mass, Pope Leo XIV marched in papamobile along the Champs Elysees. He took advantage of this privileged moment with the crowd to bless babies and young children.