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Pope Leo XIV is undertaking a visit to France that forms part of a broader reorientation of the papacy, according to historian Miles Pattenden of Oxford University.
While his predecessor, Pope Francis, emphasized the peripheries of the Church and the needs of the Global South, Leo XIV is subtly redirecting attention toward the historic European strongholds of Catholicism.
France holds a special place in this strategy due to its deep connection with Catholicism, as well as its role in contemporary debates on secularism, European identity, and geopolitics.
