New Caledonia, Christian churches’ plea for peace: “The island closest to paradise has become the island closest to hell”

“The island closest to paradise has become the island closest to hell.” Speaking at Pentecost Mass, Monsignor Michel-Marie Calvet, Catholic…

Access to abortion enshrined in the Constitution. Msgr. Hérouard: “Life is not a problem, we must ensure it is supported and welcomed”

With a parliamentary vote, France will become the first country in the world to explicitly include the right to abortion…

Pope Francis: letter to French Bishops gathered in Lourdes, “I am with you in the storm of shame and the drama of abuse”

Survey on young people and the pandemic. “‘They are not a generation sacrificed to COVID-19 but the future and hope of the world”

The French bishops, concerned about the impact of the pandemic and of the related confinement on young people, commissioned an…

France: Report on the “state of health” of priests to gain insight into the risk of burnout and depression

In France, seven priests committed suicide in the last four years. Two took their own lives this year, both in…

France: combating paedophilia inside the Church. Increasing reports filed by the victims. Msgr. Blanchet, “a sign that words have been set free.”

Attack in Nice: churches placed under police protection. The bishops: “French Catholics will not surrender to fear”

“Despite gnawing grief, Catholics will not succumb to fear and, together with the entire nation, intend to face this vicious,…

France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, Switzerland. Places of worship in Europe still in lockdown

Church doors remain closed in Europe. France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, Switzerland. Governments remain cautious and in some cases postpone…

France: Bishops on revision of bioethics law in Senate, “no human being can treat another as an object”