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Leo building on Francis' legacy while reincorporating 'more traditional elements of papal activity' Erin Ogunkeye is pleased to welcome Miles Pattenden, historian of the Catholic Church at the University of Oxford. For Pattenden, Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France is part of a broader recalibration of the papacy. While Pope Francis placed particular emphasis on the Catholic Church’s peripheries and the needs of the Global South, Leo is subtly bringing the Church’s historic European heartlands back into focus.
France is especially significant in this regard, given its deep historical relationship with Catholicism and its evolving relationship with Christianity, European identity, secularism and contemporary geopolitical debates. Pope Leo XIV 600,000 people gather for Mass on the Champs-Élysées Pope Leo XIV calls to protect migrants during his official visit to France France's baptism boom as more young people seek catholic community Leo XIV in France: 700,000 crowd attend Pope mass in central Paris Leo XIV fills central Paris with around 600,000 people at giant outdoor Mass © 2026 Copyright France 24 - All rights reserved. France 24 is not responsible for the content of external websites.
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