教皇利奥十四世周五访问法国时表示，在一个法律一个多世纪以来一直将教会与国家分离的国家里，“真正的世俗主义”不应排斥宗教。
Pope Leo XIV said on a visit to France on Friday that "authentic secularity" should not exclude religion, in a country where law has for more than a century separated church and state. "An authentic secularity, then, consists not in excluding religion from the public sphere or from education, but in striving to ensure that the state and religious institutions maintain dialogue and join forces in the service of the common good," he said.
他说：“因此，真正的世俗主义不是把宗教排除在公共领域或教育之外，而是努力确保国家与宗教机构保持对话，并携手合作，服务于共同利益。”
Pope Leo XIV said on a visit to France on Friday that "authentic secularity" should not exclude religion, in a country where law has for more than a century separated church and state. "An authentic secularity, then, consists not in excluding religion from the public sphere or from education, but in striving to ensure that the state and religious institutions maintain dialogue and join forces in the service of the common good," he said.