Metz city contested over funding for Pope Leo XIV's visit

The city of Metz is allocating several hundred thousand euros to host Pope Leo XIV on September 28.

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Associations and elected officials invoke secularism to challenge this public expenditure.

The administrative court may be called upon to settle the dispute.

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