When the Stade de France Fell Silent Before the Cross

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Eighty thousand young people came to see the Pope. What happened when the cheering stopped poses a deeper question for secular France, and for the Church.For a moment, the Stade de France looked like any other stadium welcoming a famous visitor. There were songs, lights, an enormous crowd and young people chanting the name of…

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