Pope Leo's Visit to France Sends a Message to Le Pen

With 1789 and all that, the French relegated religion from its once vast earthly powers. So it was startling to see the saints go marching into the Stade de France, which is usually the stomping ground of the country’s much more secular football and rugby heroes. The crowd of 80,000 mostly young Roman Catholics cheered an all-star team of the blessed (played by actors), including Joan of Arc — the patron saint of France — on horseback and King Louis IX, holding up a replica of Jesus’ crown of th