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Huge crowds gather in Paris for Pope Leo ahead of mass

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Who wrote first

  1. Europe The Conversation
  2. Russia Interfax
  3. USA NYT
  4. Asia and Oceania Rappler (Filippiny)
  5. Middle East Al Jazeera
  6. Africa Africanews
  7. China SCMP
  8. Canada The Globe and Mail
  9. Russian-language media abroad BBC Russkaya sluzhba
  10. Latin America Andina (Peru, English)
  11. Belarus, the Caucasus and Central Asia News.am (Armeniya)
  12. Ukraine Zerkalo nedeli

How it is reported

Russia less than usual

Interfax translate
Pope begins visit to France
TASS translate
Dozens banned from attending Pope’s Mass in France
MK translate
The pontiff revealed the truth: “the paradise of machines” will turn into hell
TASS translate
Pope warns of “paradise of machines”
Parlamentskaya gazeta translate
The Pope warned that AI could deprive people of humanity
RIA Novosti translate
Pope warns of loss of humanity in “machine paradise”
Interfax translate
Pope Francis says world is facing an arms race
Interfax translate
Pope warns against “machine paradise”
Rossiyskaya Gazeta translate
Pope Leo XIV warns against “machine paradise”
Interfax translate
Pope Leo XIV celebrated mass in Paris in the presence of 700 thousand people

Russian-language media abroad

BBC Russkaya sluzhba translate
Pope warns against “loss of humanity in favor of AI” at start of visit to France
DW na russkom translate
About 700 thousand people attended the mass of Pope Leo XIV in Paris
BBC Russkaya sluzhba translate
The Pope held a mass at Place de la Concorde in Paris. 700,000 people came

Ukraine less than usual

Zerkalo nedeli translate
Pope Leo XIV celebrated mass in the open air for 700 thousand people in Paris

Belarus, the Caucasus and Central Asia less than usual

News.am (Armeniya) translate
Pope visits France, warns of “paradise of machines” threat to humanity
APA (Azerbaijan)
Hundreds of thousands in Paris cheer Pope Leo in largest event of French tour

USA

NYT
Leo XIV, Trying to Be Everyone’s Pope, Heads to Secular France
The Washington Post
Pope Leo visits secular France as surge of converts jolts a flagging faith
Fox News
Pope Leo XIV begins historic 4-day visit to France
Medscape
Pope Leo Voices Alarm on Assisted Dying Laws in France
ABC News
Pope warns a “paradise of machines” could undermine humanity as he opens France trip
NPR
Pope Leo warns a “paradise of machines” could undermine humanity on his France visit
Courthouse News
Pope Leo focuses on unity amid fractures during historic France visit
The Washington Post
At sacred Lourdes, Pope Leo confronts a new reminder of the church’s sins
ABC News
Pope encourages Catholics in deeply secular France to persevere as Paris shuts down for huge Mass
CBS News
Pope Leo visits France, Notre-Dame Cathedral

Canada

The Globe and Mail
Pope Leo opens France trip with visit to Notre-Dame, warns UN faces “crisis of effectiveness”
The Globe and Mail
Pope encourages Catholics in France to persevere as Paris shuts down for huge mass
National Post
Pope celebrates giant Paris mass in landmark visit
The Globe and Mail
Assisted dying is “false compassion”, Pope says at French shrine of Lourdes
Global News (Canada)
Pope Francis says medically-assisted dying is “false compassion”
The Globe and Mail
Pope says assisted dying is “false compassion”
National Post
Assisted dying not “normal,” says Pope Leo XIV

Europe more than usual

The Conversation
Which spiritual and political issues will be the focus of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France?
France 24
Pope Leo XIV visit expected to boost Lourdes economy
France 24
Pope Leo XIV to trace back French ancestry, spiritual roots on visit to France
France 24
Pope Leo in France: “Huge amount of excitement building in Paris”
DW
“Pope fever” takes hold as Pope Leo visits France
France 24
Schism with rebel Catholic sect casts a pall over Pope Leo’s visit to France
BBC
Hundreds of thousands expected in Paris for Pope's visit
France 24
Live: Pope heads to France on first state visit in 18 years
Le Monde (English)
Pope Leo XIV visits France: Everything you need to know
RTÉ News (Ireland)
Pope warns UN risks becoming “charade” during Paris visit

China

SCMP
In Paris, Pope warns against losing humanity in “paradise of machines”
SCMP
Pope celebrates giant Paris mass in landmark visit
SCMP
Pope meets victims of sex abuse, urges “wise leaders” as French election looms

Asia and Oceania

Rappler (Filippiny)
Pope Leo heads to France with AI, apologies for clergy abuse on agenda
The Hindu
Pope Leo warns “paradise of machines” could undermine humanity as he opens France trip
NDTV
Pope Leo's “Paradise Of Machines” Warning As Concerns Grow Over AI Threats
Channel NewsAsia
Pope Leo warns in France that AI is creating “paradise of machines”
Express Tribune (Pakistan)
Pope stresses ethics in a “paradise of machines”
SBS News (Australia)
Pope Leo raises AI concerns, warns UN risks becoming a “charade”
Taipei Times
Pope in Paris
Channel NewsAsia
Hundreds of thousands in Paris cheer Pope Leo in largest event of French tour
ABC News (Australia)
Pope Leo draws 800,000 people to open-air mass in Paris
The Hindu
Pope Leo XIV to meet clerical sex abuse victims during France visit

Middle East

Al Jazeera
Pope Leo heads to France amid assisted dying, abuse debates
Daily Sabah
Pope Leo urges peace in Mideast, warns against “paradise of machines”
The National (UAE)
Pope Leo calls on world to “not remain indifferent” to suffering in Middle East
Arab News
Pope arrives in France on first official visit in 18 years
Anadolu Agency
Pope Leo urges leaders not to remain ‘indifferent' to Mideast suffering
Al Jazeera
Pope Leo XIV warns AI could undermine humanity during France visit
Al Jazeera
Pope Leo XIV makes first official Papal visit in France in nearly 20
Arab News
Pope Leo XIV fills central Paris with 700,000-strong crowd at giant outdoor Mass
Al Jazeera
Several hundred thousand people gather for Pope Leo’s mass in Paris
The Jerusalem Post
Nearly one million people attend Pope Leo's open-air mass in Paris

Latin America

Andina (Peru, English)
Pope Leo XIV in France: Pontiff greets Lord of Miracles image at Notre-Dame
Jamaica Observer
Pope says assisted dying not “normal”

Africa

Africanews
France welcomes Leo XIV at Orly Airport as bells sound nationwide
Daily Maverick (South Africa)
Pope Leo arrives in France with AI, apologies for clergy abuse on agenda
IOL (South Africa)
Pope warns against losing humanity in AI-driven “paradise of machines”
Africanews
Macron and Pope Leo XIV unite on AI risks and nuclear weapons
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
Huge crowds greet Pope in Paris for open-air Mass
The Citizen (Tanzania)
Vast Paris crowd cheers Pope Leo in largest event of France tour
Africanews
Pope Leo XIV draws 800,000 faithful to Paris before emotional Lourdes pilgrimage
Punch (Nigeria)
Pope to meet victims of clerical sex abuse on France trip
MyJoyOnline (Ghana)
Pope praises young people’s “energy and commitment” at huge open-air Mass in Paris
Punch (Nigeria)
Assisted dying not “normal” – Pope

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Russia (19 of the usual ~82), Ukraine (1 of the usual ~15), Belarus, the Caucasus and Central Asia (2 of the usual ~9)

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