Pope Addresses ‘Surprising’ Catholic Growth in Secular France

September 26, 2026 World News

A participant takes a video recording of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to the Institut Catholique de Paris on Sept. 26, 2026. The Pope met with members of the provincial Synodal Assembly, catechumens, and the newly baptized.

Leo met members of a Church assembly examining a decade-long rise in Catholic baptisms.

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