# Pope Leo heads to France amid assisted dying, abuse debates

https://mins.news/en/item/73593

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-25 07:41 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/25/pope-leo-heads-to-france-amid-assisted-dying-abuse-debates?traffic_source=rss

> Pope Leo XIV is beginning the first official papal visit to France in 18 years. His four-day itinerary includes talks with President Emmanuel Macron, while his message on human dignity comes as the French Catholic Church faces a new assisted-dying law and the continuing damage caused by clerical sexual-abuse scandals.

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