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'Scourge' of abuse must be rooted out, says Pope, during Lourdes visit
Pope Leo spoke to bishops before leading a service attended by thousands of worshippers in France.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by BBC News
Pope Leo XIV to meet clerical sex abuse victims during France visit
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The leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics is on a four-day trip to France, a secular country with deep Catholic roots, marking the first official papal visit there in nearly two decades…
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- The leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics is on a four-day trip to France, a secular country with deep Catholic roots, marking the first official papal visit there in nearly two decades…
- Reported by The Hindu and published Sun, 27 Sep 2026 06:53:45 UTC.
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Massive crowd of worshippers in France attend Mass during Pope Leo visit
The Vatican estimated that 800,000 people came out for the Mass.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CBS News
WorldPingThe Guardian
Pope Leo urges healing of ‘deep wounds’ before meeting child sexual abuse survivors in France
Catholic church must reckon with its ‘painful errors’, pontiff tells crowd in Lourdes during four-day tour The pope has called on the Catholic church to heal “deep wounds” and “painful errors”, before a meeting with survivors of child sexual abuse as…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Guardian
WorldPingFrance 24
Pope Leo continues his visit to France in Lourdes
Pope Leo XIV continued his visit to France in Lourdes, at the major Catholic pilgrimage site in the foothills of the Pyrenees, where he celebrated mass before around 150,000 people.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by France 24
WorldPingFrance 24
The week in pictures: Trump hosts Xi, the pope visits France and floods ravage Thailand
From Pope Leo XIV's historic first visit to France to US President Donald Trump meeting China's President Xi Jinping to flooded streets in Bangkok, FRANCE 24 looks back at the week's most striking pictures.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by France 24
WorldPingTimes of India
‘Hurled abuses at my family’: Delhi minister reveals ‘truth’ behind viral slap video
During a recent road inspection in Tilak Nagar, Delhi's PWD Minister Parvesh Verma faced backlash after a video emerged of him allegedly slapping a local youth. Verma stated that he acted in response to an insult aimed at his family from the youth's associate.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Times of India