NYT > World News Leo XIV, Trying to Be Everyone’s Pope, Tours Secular France Par : Motoko Rich and Mark Landler 25 septembre 2026 à 10:16 After visiting Africa, Pope Leo’s four-day trip to France shows how he is seeking to appeal to Roman Catholicism’s original heartlands as well as to the church’s newest strongholds. © Alberto Pizzoli/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesPope Leo XIV is welcomed by France’s President Emmanuel Macron upon his arrival at Orly airport on the outskirts of Paris on Friday.