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September 30, 2026
In Fractious France, Politicians Agree on One Thing: Pope Leo Was a Hit
In a four-day visit, Pope Leo XIV won praise across the political spectrum, even from its most avowedly secular figures.
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September 28, 2026
Pope Leo Praises Europe’s Democracy, Diverging Once Again From Trump
Speaking in France, the pontiff lauded postwar efforts to unify the continent. Experts saw it as a critique of President Trump’s repeated berating of European leaders.
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September 25, 2026
Pope Leo Signals Support for Journalists Targeted by Trump
Asked about the Trump administration’s restrictions on journalists, Leo told reporters accompanying him on a flight to France that they were “all welcome.”
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September 25, 2026
Leo XIV, Trying to Be Everyone’s Pope, Heads to Secular France
After touring Africa, Pope Leo’s four-day visit to France shows how he is seeking to appeal to Roman Catholicism’s original heartlands as well as to the church’s newest strongholds.
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September 3, 2026
Many Italians Long Resisted Air-Conditioning. Then Europe Got Hotter.
Amid record-breaking temperatures on the continent, households and businesses in Italy are increasingly installing cooling units.
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August 16, 2026
With Priests Scarce in Rural Italy, an African Pastor Is Filling the Void
Immigrants have long eased labor shortages on farms and factories in Italy. But churches also need foreign-born priests, like the Rev. Vincent Souly of the Ivory Coast.
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July 18, 2026
As Trump Scraps With Meloni, His Envoy to Italy Is at Sea
Tilman J. Fertitta, the U.S. ambassador to Rome, is summering on his superyacht as President Trump squabbles with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy.
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