Pope resolved to meet the French nation (6)
I believe the answer is:
people
'nation' is the definition.
(both can mean a race of people)
'pope resolved to meet the french' is the wordplay.
'resolved' indicates an anagram.
'to meet' says to put letters next to each other.
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'pope' anagrammed gives 'peop'.
'peop'+'le'='PEOPLE'
(Other definitions for people that I've seen before include "See 6" , "Human beings in general" , "Persons in general" , "Humankind" , "Humans in general" .)