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Pope Leo XIV is traveling to France, having already celebrated a mass at Place de la Concorde in Paris. Rachida Dati is currently mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris and former Minister of Justice, facing trial for alleged embezzlement.
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Pope Leo XIV spent half an hour in the cockpit of the plane that transported him from Lourdes to Metz
“The Holy Father came to the cockpit during the entire Lourdes-Metz cruise,” airline pilot officer Éric Marguerite, co-pilot on this flight, declared by telephone after landing at Metz-Nancy-Lorraine.
Emmanuel Macron will attend the mass of Leo XIV in Metz this Monday
INFO LE FIGARO - Absent at the mass celebrated on Saturday at Place de la Concorde, Emmanuel Macron will be present at the final mass of Leo XIV's trip to France, this Monday afternoon.
Trial of Rachida Dati: four years in prison, two of which are under electronic bracelet, requested by the prosecution against the ex-minister
Furthermore, five years of ineligibility and ban from public service were requested against Rachida Dati, with provisional execution. These requisitions, if they were followed by the court, would immediately cause him to lose his mandate as mayor of the 7th arrondissement and prevent his return to the judiciary.
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The court will deliver its verdict in the trial of Rachida Dati in the coming weeks.
Likely · Within weeks

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