“He died as he would have preferred to die, in France and at his post of duty, and he goes back to America as he would have liked to go, with the flags of both countries floating over him.

Flags lowered in front of the town hall in Lourdes, southwestern France, April 26, 2025. MORGAN FACHE/DIVERGENCE FOR LE MONDE Twenty years after the death of Pope John Paul II, the passing of Pope ...