Many churches across America have roadside signs with frequently changing messages that range from the practical to the witty to the profound. It’s an effort to inspire and attract drivers and passersby that’s uniquely popular in churches across America, the quintessential land of open roads and advertisements. For the last few decades, pastors have gotten creative, aiming to brighten a commuter’s day, spur a reflection while chauffeuring to football practice, and maybe convince a lapsed Christian that it’s not all fire and brimstone inside. Among the classics are weather puns, such as: “Too hot to keep changing sign. Sin bad. Jesus good. Details inside.”
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Pope Leo XIV is urging religious leaders in France to preach messages of peace and unity. He is wrapping up a four-day visit by recalling the forces of dialogue that contributed to Europe’s post-World War II integration. Leo traveled to the eastern city of Metz, near the border with Luxembourg and Germany. He is presiding over an interreligious meeting. It was held at a conference center named for Robert Schuman, a French Catholic statesman regarded as one of the founding fathers of European unity. Leo decided to end his four-day visit to France in Metz to drive home his appeal for Europe to remember its tradition of dialogue to confront today’s challenges of war, migration and polarization.
Pope Leo XIV, center, arrives, with, from left, Christian Krieger, president of the Protestant Federation of France, Bishop Dimitrios (Ploumis), the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of France, Haïm Korsia, Chief Rabbi of France, President of the French Bishops' Conference, Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, Chems-eddine Hafiz, rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, Anthony Boussemart, representing French Buddhists, and Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad, prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, to attend an interreligious meeting at the Robert Schuman Convention Centre, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, in Metz, France. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) ADDITION: Add names of persons in the photo
Pope Leo XIV, center, arrives, with, from left, Christian Krieger, president of the Protestant Federation of France (partially covered, Bishop Dimitrios (Ploumis), the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of France, Haïm Korsia, Chief Rabbi of France, President of the French Bishops' Conference, Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, Chems-eddine Hafiz, rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, Anthony Boussemart, representing French Buddhists, and Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad, prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, to attend an interreligious meeting at the Robert Schuman Convention Centre, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, in Metz, France. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Pope Leo XIV is taking his opposition to euthanasia and medically assisted dying to Lourdes. The French Catholic shrine is associated with miraculous cures and is now also a place of healing for survivors of clergy sexual abuse. Leo was to meet with French bishops Sunday and then celebrate Mass on the prairie in front of Lourdes’ main basilica before an estimated 150,000 people. Lourdes became a major pilgrimage destination after the Catholic Church officially recognized visions of the Virgin Mary reported there by a young girl in 1858.
Pilgrims and faithful wait for Pope Leo XIV to celebrate Mass at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026, in Lourdes, France. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
In this handout photo provided by Vatican Media Pope Leo XIV prays at the Grotto of the Apparitions of Massabielle, in Lourdes, France, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (Vatican Media via AP)