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Pope Leo XIV to trace back French ancestry, spiritual roots on visit to France
France 24
September 23, 2026
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Pope Leo’s four-day visit to France, which kicks off on Friday, is something of a homecoming for the Chicago-born pontiff, a grandson of European immigrants with family roots in Normandy. His spiritual roots in French Catholicism run deeper still.
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