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Bayard to launch daily “Pope’s News” show covering Leo XIV’s visit to France

From Le Figaro · () French

Translated from French and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Catholic media group Bayard has launched a daily 25-minute YouTube program covering Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France from Sept. 25 to 28.
  • The show will combine reporting and expertise from La Croix, Le Pèlerin and Prions en Église, with episodes posted at 5 p.m. through Oct. 1.
  • Bayard’s publications will also provide expanded coverage, including special issues and a live feature on La Croix’s website and app.

Bayard is turning Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France into a daily television-style event on YouTube. The Catholic media group launched “Pope’s News,” a 25-minute program designed to follow, explain and analyze the pope’s trip.

The visit is scheduled for Sept. 25 to 28. Episodes will appear every day at 5 p.m. on the @LeJTduPape YouTube channel through Oct. 1, according to Bayard.

The program will bring together the expertise of La Croix and the group’s magazines Le Pèlerin and Prions en Église. Bayard says it will offer news, analysis, reports, testimonies and educational content to make the papal visit accessible to as broad an audience as possible.

The group’s media outlets are also preparing expanded editorial coverage, including special editions and a live feature on La Croix’s website and app. Jérôme Chapuis, director of La Croix, described the visit in the show’s first edition as “the World Cup for La Croix.”

Bayard is owned by the Catholic religious congregation the Augustinians of the Assumption. Its portfolio also includes Notre Temps, children’s titles such as Pomme d’Api, Astrapi, Okapi and J’aime lire, and publications from its Milan subsidiary, including Toboggan, Wapiti and 1jour1actu.

The World Cup for La Croix.

· Jérôme ChapuisThe director of La Croix used the phrase in the first edition of Bayard’s daily program to describe the importance of the pope’s visit for the newspaper.
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Originally published by Le Figaro in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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