Pope Leo's Unfinished French Revolution
By Robert Royal
The large crowds that turned out for Pope Leo everywhere in France surprised everyone – not least, sad to say, the French bishops. Let's hope that his visit has even greater effects. But just days later, France is gripped by widespread rioting and arson, being misreported as "student unrest," but actually a far-left operation with Islamist collaborators. In the message the pope read at his reception by French President Emmanuel Macron, Leo proposed what can only be called "corrections" to the three terms (liberté, égalité, fraternité) that marked the French Revolution. It was…
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