France is one step closer to enshrining the right to abortion in its constitution after the French National Assembly passed a bill Jan. 30 that will now move to the Senate for debate and a vote. If approved, a special body composed
France's bishops stand in solidarity with farmers protesting across the country. After days of protests in the local provinces, farmers were determined to block the main roads leading to Paris, with spectacular traffic jams of tractors and farm vehicles they formed Jan.
The 2024 Summer Olympic Games will open in Paris in six months, and in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of the French capital, efforts are under way to build the Olympic and Paralympic Village, as well as the Olympic Aquatics Center.
In a historic year for Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, which the French capital and the whole world will see reopen Dec. 8, milestones will be reported on regularly, but this one made Parisians shed a tear or two: Reconstruction of the
The Oct. 7 killing of about 1,200 people in Israel by armed Hamas militants represented the biggest killing of Jews since the Holocaust. It also started the war that has killed nearly 16,000 Palestinians, according to Hamas-run health ministry, followed by massive
Gathered at their plenary assembly in Lourdes Nov. 3-8, the French bishops discussed abortion, migration and mission -- the latter received with a sigh of relief after years of focusing the plenary assemblies on abuse.
Hidden in the picturesque town 93 miles west of Paris, Montligeon may not be as famous as Lourdes, yet it is a second most visited sanctuary in France. And it has one specialty -- praying for the dead.
During his undergraduate studies in France, Father Patrick Briscoe happened upon the Basilica of St. Martin of Tours, which was once one of the greatest monuments in the Christian world. Today, all that remains of the ancient church is one tower. The
Stéphane Frère is a seasoned cyclist. The mayor of Bonnesvalyn, France, has spent miles on a bike hitting the roads of Florida and California. But it was a trip from the French Riviera to Rome in July that will remain one of