New ID card aims to stop predatory French priests. How will it work? French victims of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church say the new system does not go far enough
France’s Catholic ‘influencers’ find new audience online As church attendance falls in France, we look at how French priests are finding new audiences on social media
‘Thousands of paedophiles in Catholic Church in France since 1950’ An independent commission that has spent years investigating reports of sexual abuse will publish its conclusions in full tomorrow (October 5) France to get new saint after carpenter survives 15m church fall Catholic masses are held in English due to popular demand Nantes Cathedral fire: Man questioned as enquiry continues
Oh come, all ye faithful The Irish Chaplaincy in Paris is one of two in the capital that hold regular Mass in English.
My agony: to stay a priest or to marry? David Gréa asked God and the Pope for help with an impossible choice when as a priest he fell in love. He tells Connexion about his life-changing decision
Franco-English Catholic-Anglican surprise Christopher Morgan has lived in the village of Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt, Vaucluse for 30 years. About 14 months ago, he and a friend, Duncan Goodwin decided to set up Church of England services in the Luberon area.
This is why “flowers of dead” are popular at Toussaint Have you ever wondered why chrysanthemum flowers are the traditional symbol of the November Toussaint holiday in France, despite also being known as the “flowers of the dead”?
Booming number of exorcisms in France More than three times as many exorcisms are being carried out now than was the case 10 years ago, the Catholic Church has revealed.