{
  "id": 9562290,
  "title": "Who is paying for the pope’s visit to France?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/who-is-paying-for-the-popes-visit-to-france",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-24T13:04:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260924-who-is-paying-for-the-pope-s-visit-to-france"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Initially estimated at €12 million, the cost of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France has now risen to €27 million due to the immense excitement around his trip. But with France a firmly secular country, who is going to be footing the bill? Our journalist Sam Ball explains.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Pope's visit to France 'an important moment for the Vatican'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/popes-visit-to-france-an-important-moment-for-the-vatican",
        "published": "2026-09-24T09:58:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "'Pope fever' takes hold as Pope Leo visits France",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/pope-fever-takes-hold-as-pope-leo-visits-france",
        "published": "2026-09-24T12:03:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "RFI English",
        "title": "Podcast: Pope in secular France, vultures and farmers, first divorce law",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/podcast-pope-in-secular-france-vultures-and-farmers-first-divorce-law",
        "published": "2026-09-24T15:12:22.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}