# Church confronts shock of abuse crisis

https://mins.news/en/item/76124

- France 24, 2026-09-27 15:01 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/church-confronts-shock-of-abuse-crisis

> After spending two days in Paris, where hundreds of thousands of worshippers gathered, Pope Leo XIV is continuing his France visit in the southwestern pilgrimage town of Lourdes. He is expected to hold a private meeting there with survivors of clergy sexual abuse. The four-day trip is the first official papal visit to France in almost 20 years.

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