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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)

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France to get new saint after carpenter survives 15m church fall

The Vatican has confirmed that French-born priest and hermit Charles de Foucauld will be canonised following ‘a miracle’ that occurred in France in 2016

Catholic masses are held in English due to popular demand

Catholics have started holding occasional masses in English in south Charente, an area of France popular with Britons

Nantes Cathedral fire: Man questioned as enquiry continues

A man is being questioned in connection with the fire that started at the Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul Cathedral in Nantes (Loire-Atlantique) yesterday (Saturday July 18), as investigations into the incident continue.

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.

Catholic church

New ID card aims to stop predatory French priests. How will it work?

France’s Catholic ‘influencers’ find new audience online

‘Thousands of paedophiles in Catholic Church in France since 1950’

France to get new saint after carpenter survives 15m church fall

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