Cardinal François Bustillo

“People are searching for something. Maybe they go to India or Tibet or the Amazon. And now the Pope comes here from Rome, bringing a reminder to people of their own roots.”

Cardinal François Bustillo · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-24

Cardinal Bustillo described people's spiritual searching and the Pope's visit as a reminder of their roots.

“France has indeed secularised, but there is a void where God and values used to be,”

Cardinal François Bustillo · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-24

Cardinal Bustillo commented on France's secularisation and the spiritual void left where God and values used to be.

“It was John-Paul II who awoke the East. Now Leo XIV will awake the West,”

Cardinal François Bustillo · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-24

Cardinal Bustillo compared Pope Leo XIV's potential impact on the West to John-Paul II's impact on the East.