MARSEILLE, France (CNS) -- The real evil plaguing communities and countries is not the growing number of problems, but the collapse of care, Pope Francis said at a major meeting discussing the challenges and opportunities of the dozens of countries circling the
BRIEF: PARIS (OSV News) -- In a rather unusual moment for secular France, its president confirmed he will attend Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in Marseille Sept. 23. "It's my responsibility to go," Emmanuel Macron said Sept. 15, adding he would not
The leaders of the Conference of Religious Leaders in France, representing Muslim, Jewish, Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant and Buddhist communities, issued a June 30 joint statement appealing for peace, harmony and fraternity amid violent protests that have engulfed the country.
The British girl whose injuries were "life-threatening" after a stabbing attack on the playground in Annecy, France, was awake and recovering, France's President Emmanuel Macron confirmed June 9. He said the condition of the children who were attacked while playing with their
From national television newscasts to radio shows to podcasts, media across France this Pentecost were mesmerized by an annual pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres, 62 miles southwest from the French capital.
Nightly news anchors repeated with joy and a hint of surprise that
Five Catholic priests have been beatified in France, 152 years after they were seized as hostages and shot in the street by rebels of the Paris Commune.
"The story of these martyrs offers a warning for today, but also a message of hope
Notre Dame Cathedral will get its spire back by the end of 2023, more than four years after it was devastated by a fire. But to reopen the beloved symbol of France by Dec. 8, 2024, three conditions need to be met.
These
France's Catholic bishops have announced new steps against sexual abuse -- while also urging national dialogue to deter current nationwide protests over a proposal to raise state pension age and warning against new government moves to legalize euthanasia.
"Our precise intention was to
Notre Dame Cathedral reopening date announced as reconstruction on its famous spire wraps up in eastern France
Four years after a devastating fire, the date of the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has been set for Dec. 8, 2024, at 11:15 a.m., according to Philippe Villeneuve, the architect leading the reconstruction.
Villeneuve made the announcement March 16 during
In the latest story from Our Sunday Visitor’s series on the study-abroad programs at Catholic colleges and universities, writer Maryann Eidemiller reports on St. Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania, which has been sending students through its fully immersive program to Ambialet, France,