Papal travel Archives - Crux

Ice cream vendor Alicia Caso touches a life-size statue of Pope Leo XIV standing on display outside a church in the Barranco neighborhood of Lima, Peru, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, a month before the pope’s visit to Peru. (Credit: Martin Mejia/AP.)

Church in the Americas

South Americans pray for Pope Leo’s recovery as uncertainty hangs over his visit

by Franklin Briceno and Isabel Debre October 15, 2026

Pope Leo XIV is congratulated by French President Emmanuel Macron, left, after his speech at the meeting At the Roots of Europe for Peace and Unity with, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, in Metz, France. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Church in Europe

Pope Leo wraps up France trip by urging Europe to blunt ‘desire for domination’ driving today’s wars

by Nicole Winfield September 28, 2026

Pope Leo XIV, center, arrives, with, from left, Christian Krieger, president of the Protestant Federation of France, Bishop Dimitrios (Ploumis), the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of France, Haïm Korsia, Chief Rabbi of France, President of the French Bishops' Conference, Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, Chems-eddine Hafiz, rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, Anthony Boussemart, representing French Buddhists, and Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad, prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, to attend an interreligious meeting at the Robert Schuman Convention Centre, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, in Metz, France. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Church in Europe

Pope urges religious leaders in France to preach peace as he recalls foundations of European unity

by Nicole Winfield September 28, 2026

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, France, on Sep. 27, 2026. (Credit: Thibault Camus/AP.)

Church in Europe

Pope blasts assisted suicide as ‘false compassion’ at French shrine known for miraculous cures

by Nicole Winfield September 27, 2026

People gathers in Paris along the Champs Elysees for Mass with Pope Leo XIV at the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France, on Saturday, 26 September 2026.

Church in Europe

By the Numbers: Pope Leo XIV’s open-air Mass in Paris draws many more than expected

by Associated Press September 27, 2026September 27, 2026

Pope Leo XIV prays at the Grotto of the Apparitions of Massabielle, in Lourdes, France, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (Credit: Laurent Cipriani/AP.)

Church in Europe

Pope Leo in Lourdes: What to know about one of Catholicism’s most famous pilgrimage sites

by Samuel Petrequin September 27, 2026

Pope Leo XIV, center, is welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and his wife Brigitte as he arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Church in Europe

Pope warns a ‘paradise of machines’ could undermine humanity as he opens France trip

by Nicole Winfield and Sylvie Corbet September 25, 2026

A banner announces the upcoming visit of Pope Leo XIV in Metz eastern France, Tuesday, Sept 15, 2026 as part of his official visit to France from Sept. 26 to 28. (Credit: Pascal Bastien/AP.)

Church in Europe

Pope heads to secular France with an appeal to respect the dignity of every human life

by Nicole Winfield and Sylvie Corbet September 25, 2026

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

Church in Europe

Pope Leo will head to Lourdes: What to know about one of Catholicism’s most famous pilgrimage sites

by Samuel Petrequin September 24, 2026September 24, 2026

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte arrive in the St. Damasus Courtyard at the Vatican to meet with Pope Leo XIV, Friday, April 10, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Church in Europe

About 2,000 church sex abuse victims have come forward for reparations in France

by Sylvie Corbet September 23, 2026

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