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Pope Leo concludes France visit with call for European peace

Rank
Ran: 31h
Updated: 6d ago
Final
Outlets: 23
Regions: 3
Countries: 14
Languages: 8

France 24 France · English 28 Sept, 01:18 UTC

The earliest of 5 English reports

Read it also in Español (5) · +6 languages

Read at France 24

How it spread

Outlets, by hours since the first article

First outlet: France 24, 28 Sept, 01:18 UTC.
Second country: Argentina, with Infobae.
Second region: Americas, with Infobae.
Fastest hour: +5 outlets from 28 Sept, 04:15 UTC.
Last article: 23 outlets.

Where it travelled

The 14 countries whose press covered it, the later a country joined, the more it stands out. Open the live map

The regions

17%74%

Africa 2 outlets · 2 countries · 9%
Americas 4 outlets · 3 countries · 17%
Europe 17 outlets · 9 countries · 74%

First movers

France 24 28 Sept, 01:18 UTC
Le Figaro +2h 57m
Libération +3h 7m
Infobae +3h 18m
RFI +3h 35m

Last to join

El País 29 Sept, 03:30 UTC
Africanews 28 Sept, 21:37 UTC
Euronews 28 Sept, 21:37 UTC
La Nación (AR) 28 Sept, 20:07 UTC
Die Zeit 28 Sept, 18:50 UTC

The chapters

This story continues an earlier wave: Pope Leo XIV arrives in France for four-day visit, 25 to 27 Sept 2026, 34 outlets.

The figures

Coverage: 23 outlets in 14 countries, across 3 regions. The article links last a week past the story’s last article; the outlet list is permanent. Of the 23 outlets, 6 public-service, 17 private. A count of countries is not a count of independent press systems.
Countries by region: Africa 2: Morocco, Republic of the Congo. Americas 3: Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador. Europe 9: Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom. The region a country’s press publishes from, as the feed list files it; the outlets that publish from no single country count as one country under International.
Languages: German, Greek, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Lithuanian, Portuguese.
Timeline: Earliest article France 24, 28 Sept 2026, 01:18 UTC. First seen 28 Sept 2026, 04:40 UTC. Last seen 29 Sept 2026, 12:35 UTC. The earliest article is the earliest claimed publication time among the outlets Loudest reads, a claim rather than an observation and not a record of who broke the story (the data files call it the lead article); first seen is when Loudest first fetched an article of it, from which the running time counts.
Classification: Region Europe, France. Topic Politics. Hard news Judged hard news. On the map. Whether the story is hard news under the rule in the methodology, judged from its headlines by a model; a story judged outside the rule is left off the map and kept here. The region and country are where the story is about, not where it was covered.
Score: None now: last seen more than 48 hours ago, so off the ranking. One vote per general-press country and a smaller term for outlets, each counted from the moment it joined the story and fading on its own clock, so a late article does not renew the rest. A day in the archive keeps the score it was ranked by that day.
Chain: Continues Pope Leo XIV arrives in France for four-day visit. A story continues another when it resembled it as it began, past that story’s own 48-hour box.
Day by day: Outlets and countries are the story’s whole life as of that midnight; the 24-hour columns are that day’s own coverage; the last column is the methodology version the day was measured under, and a day that spans a change of version shows the first and last, linked to the changelog that lists every version between. A day marked partial is one Loudest read only in part: fewer than 130 of its 144 ten-minute runs, or more than 30 minutes missed at its start or end.

Day Rank Score Outlets Countries 24h outlets 24h countries Method

28 Sept 2026 61 16.84 22 13 22 13 3.3

29 Sept 2026 156 8.21 23 14 2 2 3.3 → 4.0

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Started 28 Sept, 04:40 UTC · Updated 29 Sept, 12:35 UTC

Covered by 23 outlets

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Africa 2 outlets

Africanews Republic of the Congo 29 Sept, 12:35 UTC
Pope wraps up four-day visit to France with call for European peace and unity
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- Pope Leo ends France trip in Metz, spotlighting Schuman and EU unity 28 Sept, 21:37 UTC
Le360 Morocco 28 Sept, 08:00 UTC
Léon XIV en route pour Metz, dernière étape de sa visite en France

Americas 4 outlets

Europe 17 outlets

El País Spain 29 Sept, 03:30 UTC
Un papa europeísta
Euronews France 28 Sept, 21:37 UTC
Pope Leo ends France trip in Metz, spotlighting Schuman and EU unity
Die Zeit Germany 28 Sept, 18:50 UTC
Papst Leo in Metz: Dieser Papst liebt das anständige Europa
Le Monde France 28 Sept, 18:31 UTC
Visite du pape à Metz : Léon XIV évoque une nécessaire paix en Europe en appelant à des concessions
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- EN DIRECT, voyage du pape à Metz : Emmanuel Macron s’exprime en introduction du discours de Léon XIV sur l’Europe et la paix 28 Sept, 09:38 UTC
- EN DIRECT, voyage du pape à Metz : Léon XIV vient d’arriver dans la ville, suivez la dernière étape de sa visite en France 28 Sept, 05:14 UTC
Tagesschau Germany 28 Sept, 17:30 UTC
Papst in Metz - Eine Rede an Europas Gewissen
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- Papst Leo XIV. hält Rede zu Europa im französischen Metz 28 Sept, 12:16 UTC
- Papst Leo XIV. hält Europa-Rede im französischen Metz 28 Sept, 10:27 UTC
Le Figaro France 28 Sept, 17:00 UTC
Visite du pape en France : l’Europe et la paix au cœur du discours de Metz
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- Paix en Europe : Léon XIV exhorte à «faire preuve de courage dans la négociation» 28 Sept, 11:26 UTC
- Léon XIV : à Metz, une dernière journée sous le signe de l’identité européenne et de la paix 28 Sept, 04:15 UTC
France 24 France 28 Sept, 13:57 UTC
Pope wraps up France trip with most overtly political message of trip
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Libération France 28 Sept, 13:29 UTC
A Metz, Léon XIV met en garde l’Europe contre le réarmement
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- Visite de Léon XIV en France : à Metz, un intérêt croyant pour l’Europe 28 Sept, 04:25 UTC
Kurier Austria 28 Sept, 13:14 UTC
Der Papst in Metz: Ein geeintes Europa gegen die Barbarei
Süddeutsche Zeitung Germany 28 Sept, 12:59 UTC
Frankreich-Besuch: „Sinnloses Gemetzel“: Papst beklagt zunehmende Barbarei in der Welt
Rai News Italy 28 Sept, 12:24 UTC
Il Papa a Metz, patria di Schuman, cuore dell'Unione: "Non c'è Europa senza cristianesimo"
RTP Portugal 28 Sept, 11:00 UTC
"Um massacre sem sentido". Papa lamenta regresso da guerra à Europa
TGCOM24 Italy 28 Sept, 10:57 UTC
Papa Leone a Metz: l'appello "a sacrificare alcune posizioni per il bene superiore della pace"
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- Papa Leone XIV a Metz per la sua ultima tappa in Francia 28 Sept, 07:57 UTC
15min Lithuania 28 Sept, 09:05 UTC
Popiežius Leonas XIV atvyko į Prancūzijos pasienio miestą kalbėti apie vieningą Europą
ERT Greece 28 Sept, 08:22 UTC
Γαλλία: Στο Μετς με «ισχυρούς συμβολισμούς» ολοκληρώνεται η Παπική επίσκεψη
The Guardian United Kingdom 28 Sept, 07:55 UTC
Pope Leo to address Europe’s role in world on final day of France visit – Europe live
RFI France 28 Sept, 04:52 UTC
Pope Leo to invoke Schuman’s vision of a united Europe during visit to Metz

Day	Rank	Score	Outlets	Countries	24h outlets	24h countries	Method
28 Sept 2026	61	16.84	22	13	22	13	3.3
29 Sept 2026	156	8.21	23	14	2	2	3.3 → 4.0