We and our partners do the following data processing based on your consent: store and/or access information on a device, personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development Live: Pope Leo XIV arrives in Metz for final stop of France visit Pope Leo XIV disembarks upon arrival at the Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport in Metz on September 28, 2026 on the last day of his visit to France. © Romeo Boetzle, Pope Leo XIV on Monday arrived in the northeastern city of Metz, where he is expected to discuss hopes for peace in Europe on the fourth and final day of his visit to France. He will also lead a Mass in the afternoon which is set to be attended by French President Emmanuel Macron. Follow our liveblog for all the latest. 🎥 Leo building on Francis's legacy while reincorporating 'more traditional elements of papal activity' FRANCE 24's Erin Ogunkeye speaks with 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.
Leon XIV arrives in Metz, the third and final stop of his France visit Pope Leo XIV has arrived in Metz, the third and final stop on his visit to France, where he is scheduled to speak on peace and Europe. The American pope, who is to be welcomed by Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez, is expected at the Robert Schuman Convention Center, where he will deliver a speech at 11:00am in the presence of President Emmanuel Macron, followed by a Mass this afternoon at Saint-Étienne Cathedral. French President Emmanuel Macron will attend the Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV in Metz and will participate in the ceremony marking the pontiff’s departure from France, the Élysée Palace announced.
Here are the highlights of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Metz on Monday, the fourth and final day of his trip to France. 9:20am – Arrival at Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport after taking off from Lourdes at 7:40am 10:00am – **Interfaith meeting** at the Robert Schuman Convention Center 11:00am – **Speech titled “At the roots of Europe for peace and unity”** in the auditorium of the Robert Schuman Convention Center. 7:00pm – Departure for Rome from Metz-Nancy-Lorraine Airport Today the pope is visiting the northeastern city of Metz. For a look back on his visit to the pilgrimage town of Lourdes, read our coverage below: Pope Leo understood clergy child sex abuse was 'systemic', survivor says after meeting Pope Leo to speak on EU integration from French border town of Metz 1. 1 ## Trump rejects Iran’s seven-day plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz Middle East 2. 2 ## Thousands march in Madrid to protest eviction of 87-year-old woman Europe 3. 3 ## Pope Leo XIV prays for France at Lourdes pilgrimage site As it happened Europe 4. 4 ## Argentina's poverty rate climbs to nearly one in three under Milei Americas 5. 5 ## CNN removed from Trump press pool despite judge order to reinstate White House access Americas 6. 6 ## ‘I hope France wakes up’: Young Catholics flood the streets for Pope Leo's Paris visit On the ground France © 2026 Copyright France 24 - All rights reserved. France 24 is not responsible for the content of external websites.
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