Pope Leo XIV leads a prayer at the Grotto of the Apparitions at Massabielle at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Lourdes, France, September 26, 2026. Photo: CNS/Lola Gomez. Pope blasts assisted suicide as ‘false compassion’ at French shrine known for miraculous cures. Pope Leo XIV on Sunday blasted the legalisation of medically assisted death as immoral “false compassion,” as he doubled down on Catholic teaching about life during a visit Sunday to Lourdes, the French Catholic shrine associated with miraculous cures of the…
