RELIGION: Pope Francis said on Sunday that he was thinking of coming to Marseille to meet the bishops during the Mediterranean forum scheduled for 2023 Pope Francis said on Sunday he planned to visit Marseille in 2023 for a meeting of bishops on the Mediterranean. “Next year I may go to Marseilles for the Meeting of the Mediterranean,” he confided in an interview […]
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RELIGION: Ramadan will end with Eid al-Fitr, the “feast of breaking the fast” which will take place on May 13th. The month of Ramadan, which takes place once again in the particular context linked to the pandemic, will begin on Tuesday in France, the Grand Mosque of Paris said on Sunday. The head of the mosque Chems-eddine Hafiz […]
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WISHES: In his traditional Christmas message, Pope Francis also asks for access to the vaccine for all Pope Francis insisted this Friday in his traditional Christmas Day message on “the need for fraternity” across the continents in this period of the pandemic. “At this historic moment, marked by the ecological crisis, and by serious economic and social imbalances aggravated by […]
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For the sovereign pontiff, Pope Francis this will be the first trip abroad since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Pope Francis will travel to Iraq from March 5th to 8th, 2021, his first trip abroad since the beginning of the pandemic, and a historic first for a pope announced Monday the Holy See. An “apostolic journey” […]
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RELIGION: The convent of the Little Sisters of Mary in Saint-Aignan-sur-Roë (Mayenne) has lost most of its members because of a disagreement with their authority The diocese of Laval announced Tuesday the departure of 29 of the 35 sisters of their congregation, the Little Sisters of Mary, a rare fact linked to “deep disagreements” between the […]
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A Tarn nun was found beheaded in the Central African Republic where she was a missionary. Sister Ines, 77, belonged to a congregation in Massac-Séran, near Lavaur. It had been several years since she was living on the other side of the Mediterranean. One of his co-religionists from the Filles de Jésus community remembers: “During her visits […]
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All clergy are now required by law to report sexual abuse. Dioceses around the world will also facilitate public reporting. This is another step forward in the fight against pedophilia and sexual abuse in the Church . The Pope Francis unveiled Thursday 9th May, 2019 a stricter legislation forcing priests and religious to report to the Church suspicion of sexual assault or harassment, […]
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During this timeof Ramadan, believers are encouraged to abstain from drinking, eating and having sex, from dawn to sunset. The date of the beginning of Ramadan , this holy month for Islam, was set for Monday 6th May by the French Council of Muslim worship , after a meeting of major Muslim federations, Saturday 4th May, 2019. The announcement […]
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On Tuesday, President Emmanuel Macron goes to the Vatican for the first time to meet Pope Francois. He will discuss the issue of migrants and secularism. French President Emmanuel Macron meets Pope Francis for the first time on Tuesday . This purely Vatican visit excludes any interview with the Italian populist government at loggerheads with Paris. However , the issue of migrants, flagship of […]
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Mgr Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization, will come to Rennes on November 13, 2017. At the invitation of Bishop of Ornellas, he will give a lecture at the cathedral. One of the right arms of Pope Francis, Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization, […]
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