Leo XIV's visit to France resonates in the international press

The arrival in France of Leo XIV, the first pope to visit Paris since Benedict XVI in 2008, was widely reported by the international press.

It must be said that the Parisian wanderings of the sovereign pontiff aroused widespread popular enthusiasm on Friday, notably during his visit to the popemobile in the center of the capital, or at the Stade de France, during a vigil with 80,000 young people, in a supercharged atmosphere.

Faced with these “huge crowds”, the British daily The Times notes with humor that Léon XIV is “almost as popular as Celine Dion”, who made Paris her residence for 16 concerts.

Let's stay across the Channel, where The Telegraph notes the direct criticism addressed by the Pope to the French law on assisted dying.

During a speech at the Élysée before Emmanuel Macron, the sovereign pontiff “Leo” “expressed his concern about “organizing his own death””, note our colleagues, while France created last August, “only a few…