Tag: France

In a historic surge, more than 17,800 catechumens in France will be baptised at the Easter Vigil on 19 April—the highest number since records began in 2002.

The Shrine of Our Lady of Graces in Cotignac, which receives some 140,000 pilgrims every year, kicked it up a notch in the Jubilee Year and joined forces with the Catholic smartphone application Hozana ahead of the feast day of St Joseph.

After publishing the results of the General Estates on Religious Heritage project, French bishops navigate the restoration of historic churches not only to help preserve crumbling architectural pearls but also draw people closer to faith.

As France's lawmakers push their Catholic prime minister to put the voting on the "end of life" bill back to the agenda, François Bayrou proposed to split the controversial bill into two separate issues: palliative care and "active assistance in dying."

Paris welcomed several thousand participants from around the globe taking part in the 38th "International Meeting for Peace" 22-24 September, organised by the Community of Sant'Egidio.

French deputies began to work on the proposed "end of life" bill 27 May, which, as it now stands, promises to be extremely permissive regarding euthanasia and medically assisted suicide, marking the potential end of Christianity's influence in France.

Specialising in the relationship between democracy and religion, Philippe Portier, a French academic professor and political scientist, is not surprised that secularised France is so interested in rebuilding Notre Dame Cathedral in the nation's capital.

The world and the Catholic Church today need to take a leap forward "in faith, charity and hope," Pope Francis said in his homily at a late afternoon Mass in Marseille's open-air stadium.

The five priests, murdered by revolutionaries in 1871, were a sign of hope and a warning to Christians today, said Cardinal Marcello Semeraro

If you ever visit this little corner of France, you can encounter the heart of the crucified Jesus I thought I understood Paray but I...

“Deeply moved, I cried to my fellow soldiers: “I am seeing Sister Therese. She is here! We are safe!”

Australia’s lone Emmanuel Community priest, Fr Josh Miechels, is embarking on a two year mission trip  to Paris