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President Emmanuel Macron was absent from the Pope's mass in Paris, but reacted on X by posting a video of the popemobile circling the Arc de Triomphe through a jubilant crowd. "Concord and Fraternity. France is proud to welcome Pope Leo XIV," the president wrote, saluting the pontiff's visit despite his own no-show at the service, a choice drawing comment and debate.

The Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) has emerged as the biggest winner in Morocco's parliamentary elections, but without securing an outright majority. The result leaves the party needing coalition partners to govern, and attention now turns to negotiations over forming a new government.