Jean-Luc Mélenchon wished Pope Leo XIV a prompt and solid recovery after his surgery. He felt that disagreements about worldviews should not overshadow the fact, in his opinion, that the pope had recognized secularism at the Élysée, while addressing the President of the Republic. Mélenchon stated that Leo XIV had provided a definition in line with European conventions on the public practice of religious rites, a definition that he claimed was rejected by all French right-wing parties. He considered that this recognition marked a break from Pope Pius X's opposition to the separation of Church and State, and that it ended a long period of confrontation between the Catholic Church and the Republic. The other issues, he believed, fell under legitimate controversies resolved by French laws. #Laïcité #République #PapeLéonXIV (translated)
