“What is legal is not necessarily moral,” said Leo XIV before the sick at Lourdes

End-of-life issues, secularism, war and peace. The Pope’s first day in France was packed with events. Tomorrow, following Mass at the Place de la Concorde, he will set off for Lourdes. On Monday, he will head to Metz.

Leone XIV’s trip to France has begun. The first stop was the Élysée Palace, where he delivered a speech to the authorities. Peace, war, science and technology. Then came the main point of his address, expressing concern over "the prospect of a planned death".

In the first debate between the five candidates in the Social Democratic bloc’s primaries, foreign policy is a major point of division. Royal does not condemn Putin, whilst the PP leader finds himself isolated on the Gaza Strip issue

At the 27th edition of Pordenonelegge, we met the French writer to discuss poetry, politics, science fiction and artificial intelligence: “Me, a prophet? It makes me laugh, but perhaps that’s how it was.”

Following the meeting convened by Macron at the Élysée Palace, during which the French intelligence services shared their concerns with political leaders regarding Russian hybrid threats, the Rassemblement National issued a surprisingly clear statement: aid to Kyiv can be discussed, but we cannot accept Moscow dictating European policy through intimidation, sabotage and destabilisation. A statement that it would be good to see in Italy too

La Croix highlights the disagreements over the itinerary for the visit taking place from 25 to 28 September: Macron wanted to accompany the Pope to Notre-Dame for Vespers, but the Vatican said no