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Laudator Jesus Christus, Vatican and World News.

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In the headlines this Tuesday, September 29th. Look back with us at the Pope's apostolic journey through his own words on the flight back to Rome.

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The Church in Vietnam is helping integrate the hundreds of people migrating in search of work and education.

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and the Dicaster for Communication releases the theme for the 2027 World Communications Day.

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In the Vatican, I'm Kelsey Gussie.

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And after concluding his four-day apostolic journey to France, Pope Leo XIV held the traditional in-flight press conference with the 80 journalists from around the world on the plane heading back to Rome, Italy.

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Before answering any of their questions, the Pope started by reflecting on his time in the cities of Paris, Lourdes, and Metz,

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and highlighting how the intense schedule was filled with many blessings.

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While in a certain sense it was a very intense program,

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the four days were literally filled with many blessings,

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almost miracles, I would say, especially the time while at Lourdes,

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walking with, accompanying so many people who are sick and suffering,

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and seeing how the grace of God's presence manifested in many different ways,

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touches people's hearts, transforms their lives,

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and to use an expression that I mentioned there,

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restores dignity to the sick, the elderly,

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those who in some parts of society are discarded.

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So there were many signs, many expressions, many symbols throughout the four days.

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Personally, I felt very blessed myself to have the privilege to visit France,

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to encourage especially young people who are obviously searching for something.

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It was so apparent at the stadium the evening with 80,000 young people gathered together from around France.

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And their enthusiasm and their joy and the sense of hope that they offered, but especially I think that they received and will be able to share with others.

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So amongst the many different things that we

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celebrated and lived during these four days, I would say those were some of the highlights, and not to exclude others, but that were quite significant.

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That was Pope Leo reflecting on his time in France in his own words on the flight back to Rome.

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And also thinking back on the Pope's apostolic journey to the nation was Sister Nathalie Beckhardt, the Undersecretary of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops.

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Speaking to Vatican Radio's Deborah Castellana-Luboff in France,

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Sister Beckhardt shared what she sees as the impact and the legacy of this first official papal visit to the country of France in about 18 years.

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I think so many people have been touched by what has happened.

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we can see that there was really a kind of encounter between Popleo and between France and so many people who were there.

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You know, we are in a very secularized country, but Popleo

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has highlighted and has given us, I speak

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also as French, really to be aware of our long history of faith in this country, how really Christianity has shaped also all the history,

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and at the same time recognizing it, opening hope for the future,

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highlighting also how so many young people now are trying to ask to be baptized

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and helping us just to be Christian among the others and to help the church to continue the journey in this society.

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And I think it was really a gift because like many other

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societies, especially in Europe, it's not an easy situation with the international situation, with so many divisions, with the political, also economical situation.

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So for so many people, it has been really a moment

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of religious joy, hope, and feeling unity, as, you know, we really needed that.

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So I think it has been really a moment of grace, the context of our country,

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to have together the president of the country, President Macron, the president of the bishops' conference speaking also, and the pope, of course.

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So many different people in the room with also the interreligious dimension, because there were delivered also commitments,

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And that's highlighting also the history of Europe, each one with his angle.