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Pope Leo XIV in Lourdes: a Pilgrim Takes Out a Palestinian Flag to Show It to the Pope, Finds Himself 37 Hours in Police Custody and Threatened with an OQTF

A few minutes before Leo XIV arrived in the cave, this young Palestinian who had come on pilgrimage with his companion was arrested as he had just taken out a Palestinian flag. After 37 hours of police custody, he was...

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A few minutes before Leo XIV arrived in the cave, this young Palestinian who had come on pilgrimage with his companion was arrested as he had just taken out a Palestinian flag. After 37 hours of police custody, he was...

A young man of Palestinian origin, a student in Montpellier, was arrested and threatened by an OQTF after raising a Palestinian flag before the passage of Leo XIV to Lourdes, in the High Pyrenees.

On Saturday evening in Lourdes, a Palestinian Catholic pilgrim who came from Ramallah to pray with Pope Leo XIV brandishes a Palestinian flag and is arrested. Between fervour and suspicion, his pilgrimage turns into prolonged custody and threatens remoteness.

A few minutes before Leo XIV arrived in the cave, this young Palestinian who had come on pilgrimage with his companion was arrested as he had just taken out a Palestinian flag. After 37 hours of police custody, he was...

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nrpyrenees.fr broke the news on Monday, September 28, 2026.
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