Initially estimated at €12 million, the cost of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France has now risen to €27 million due to the immense excitement around his trip

France 24 — English has reported on “Initially estimated at €12 million, the cost of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France has now risen to €27 million due to the immense excitement around his trip,” presenting it as the central development in the source material available for this brief.

The available account reports that initially estimated at €12 million, the cost of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France has now risen to €27 million due to the immense excitement around his trip. The report also notes that But with France a firmly secular country, who is going to be footing the bill? Our journalist Sam Ball explains.

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