François Asselin. / EWTN.
Vatican City, May 13, 2022 / 06:44 am (CNA).
Late on Nov. 30, 2016, François Asselin got a call from his construction manager.“Listen, François, there has been an accident,” he heard on the other end of the line. One o… […]
On May 15 the Catholic Church will canonize Père Charles de Foucauld, a missionary priest active in French Algeria just over a century ago. But his rank of sainthood comes with rancor. Critics of France’s […]
Saint-Pierre d’Arene church in Nice, southeastern France. / Jesmar via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Nice, France, Apr 25, 2022 / 04:10 am (CNA).
A 72-year-old religious sister has been praised for her “extraordinary courage” after she sought to di… […]
Fr. Jacques Hamel. / Diocese of Rouen, Wikipedia.
Rome Newsroom, Mar 10, 2022 / 05:00 am (CNA).
Four men accused of terrorist conspiracy after the murder of the French Catholic priest Father Jacques Hamel in 2016 were convicted on Wednesday.“Ju… […]
Chems-Eddine Hafiz, rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris. / FISOM7691 via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Vatican City, Feb 28, 2022 / 11:25 am (CNA).
After meeting Pope Francis on Monday, the rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris invited Muslims in Fra… […]
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Rome Newsroom, Feb 23, 2022 / 10:30 am (CNA).
The French National Assembly voted Wednesday to extend the legal limit for abortion from 12 to 14 weeks.The bill received 135 votes in favor and 47 votes against, with n… […]
French flags. Public domain. / null
Paris, France, Feb 12, 2022 / 04:10 am (CNA).
More than 800 anti-Christian incidents were reported in France in 2021.The provisional figures were announced on Feb. 10 as part of an ongoing study of anti-relig… […]
Jean-Marc Sauvé. / Screenshot from CIASE Facebook page.
Paris, France, Feb 10, 2022 / 07:00 am (CNA).
The authors of a landmark abuse report responded this week to critics who argued that they overestimated the number of victims in the French C… […]
French President Emmanuel Macron. / Frederic Legrand – COMEO/Shutterstock.
Rome Newsroom, Jan 20, 2022 / 07:05 am (CNA).
A pro-life group in France has denounced President Emmanuel Macron’s call to add abortion to the EU Charter of Fundamental … […]
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Dublin, Ireland, Jan 4, 2022 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
Ireland is preparing to follow France in offering free contraception to women under 25 years of age.The French government introduced the measure on Jan. 1, whil… […]
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