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Leo’s visit across France offers a more personal glimpse of the pope

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By Christopher Lamb, CNN Metz, France (CNN) — France may have a highly secularized culture, but it has given Pope Leo XIV a superstar welcome. In Paris, around 800,000 lined the Champs-Élysées avenue, some waving Vatican or French flags while others climbed trees or stood on each other’s shoulders t…

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    By Christopher Lamb, CNN Metz, France (CNN) — France may have a highly secularized culture, but it has given Pope Leo XIV a superstar welcome. In Paris, around 800,000 lined the Champs-Élysées avenue, some waving Vatican or French flags while others climbed trees or stood on each other’s shoulders t…

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