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Father Nikolaos Vlavianos stands beside an icon of Saint Fanourios, known in Greek as "The Revealer," at the Church of St. Fanourios in Athens, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (Credit: Thanassis Stavrakis/AP.)

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A monk tends to plants at the Monastery of St. Augustine and Seraphim of Sarov in the village of Trikorfo, about 236 kilometers (147 miles) northwest of Athens, Friday, March 20, 2026. (Credit: Thanassis Stavrakis/AP.)

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Premium article: New convert and author says French Catholics have learned from Islam to be proud of their faith

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Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter’ s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

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People enter the Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire basilica in Lourdes, southwestern France, Tuesday Sept. 8, 2026 . (Credit: Fred Scheiber/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV in France will find a secular country at odds with Catholic teaching on life

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Pope Leo XIV meets with participants of a conference organized by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints and the Dicastery's Commission for New Martyrs in the Vatican on Sep. 16, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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Pope Leo XIV signs Magnifica humanitas. (Image ©Vatican Media)

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New convert and author says French Catholics have learned from Islam to be proud of their faith