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Fighter jets escort Pope Leo on final day of his France tour

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Pope Leo XIV’s plane was escorted by fighter jets to Metz, the final stop of his four-day France tour. He is trying to rebuild trust in the Catholic Church after a 2021 report uncovered decades of child sexual abuse in the French Catholic Church.

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Fighter jets escort Pope Leo on final day of his France tour

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