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France: Pope says 'authentic secularity' does not exclude religion
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a conflict story. France 24 English is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to France. The first report grouped here was at 26 Sept 2026, 09:16 UTC. The headline in use is “France: Pope says 'authentic secularity' does not exclude religion”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Pope Leo XIV said on a visit to France on Friday that "authentic secularity" should not exclude religion, in a country where law has for more than a century separated church and state. "An authentic secularity, then, consists not in excluding religion from the public sphere or from education, but…
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France: Pope says 'authentic secularity' does not exclude religion
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