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Pope Leo XIV begins historic France visit with half a million expected at Paris Mass
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Pope Leo XIV condemned assisted suicide as "false compassion" during a Mass in Lourdes, France, urging the healthcare community to reject causing death.
After two days in Paris and one in Lourdes, where he drew more than a million people in total, Pope Leo XIV ends his visit to France on Monday in the north-eastern city of Metz.