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Pope Leo XIV in Madrid : One Million Faithful, a Historic Parliamentary Address and Fractures Over Abortion and Abuse

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Brazil

5 SOURCES

Global Catholic enthusiasm · 2 of 6 countries

São Paulo watches Madrid with emotion and questions : the pope of reconciliation facing an increasingly secular Spain

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Spain

5 SOURCES

Progressive Euro-skeptical convergence · 2 of 6 countries

Spain suspended between ovation and fracture : Vox applauds the Vatican's migration policy, the left protests the abortion stance

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United States

7 SOURCES

Global Catholic enthusiasm · 2 of 6 countries

Washington rediscovers its pope : national pride meets the Trump question

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France

incl. 1 state outlet

7 SOURCES

Progressive Euro-skeptical convergence · 2 of 6 countries

Paris reads a counter-model : Leo XIV offers the antithesis of nationalist withdrawal, from Madrid to Brussels

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India

4 SOURCES

Detached external perspective · 1 of 6 countries

New Delhi observes Leo XIV with curiosity : an American pope speaking to Europe about unity in an era of divisions

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Italy

4 SOURCES

Rome follows Leo XIV with admiration : the American pope speaks to Europe about peace and to Spaniards about life

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POPE LEO XIV IN MADRID : ONE MILLION FAITHFUL, A HISTORIC PARLIAMENTARY ADDRESS AND FRACTURES OVER ABORTION AND ABUSE

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Pope Leo XIV in Madrid : One Million Faithful, a Historic Parliamentary Address and Fractures Over Abortion and Abuse | The Refract

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