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by bcadmin | Nov 22, 2022 | Bumpy reentry, Christmas, Faith at Home, France, Holy Week/Easter, Lourdes, Lysol wipes, News, Reentry, Reunions, Reuniting, thanksgiving, When reentry is rocky | 0 |
I recently returned from a beautiful pilgrimage to France, but unexpectedly brought home a stomach bug to my beloved family. Talk about a bumpy reentry to ordinary life: from Lourdes to laundry heaps and Lysol wipes within 24 hours.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 14, 2022 | Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, clerical sex abuse, France, News, The Dispatch, Vatican | 0 |
“Where does this leave us?” That was the question a friend put to me during the week, after news broke of another powerful cardinal in trouble for misbehaving with minors. Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, emeritus of […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 11, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in Europe, clerical sexual abuse, France, lead, News, Vatican | 0 |
The Vatican said Friday it has decided to launch a preliminary sex abuse investigation into a prominent French cardinal after he admitted to having behaved in a “reprehensible way” with a 14-year-old girl 35 years ago.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 11, 2022 | Abuse, Church in Europe, France, French bishops, French Catholics, lead, News, Pope Francis | 0 |
French Catholics are reeling after a series of recent abuse revelations, including a top prelate’s confession of misconduct, with the latest involving a priest who is accused of drugging and raping a teenager earlier this month.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 9, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in Europe, clerical sexual abuse, France, French bishops, lead, News | 0 |
The prosecutor’s office in Marseille has opened a preliminary investigation for “aggravated sexual assault” against Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, one of France’s highest-ranking prelates of the Catholic Church.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 7, 2022 | Archbishop Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, Cardinal Ricard, France, News, U.S. & World News | 0 |
French Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, former head of the French bishops’ conference, admitted to abusing a 14-year-old girl 35 years ago.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 7, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in Europe, clerical sexual abuse, France, French bishops, lead, News | 0 |
Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, one of France’s highest-ranking prelates of the Catholic Church, said Monday that he had abused a 14-year-old girl 35 years ago and is withdrawing from his religious duties.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 4, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, clerical sexual abuse, France, French bishops, French Catholics, News | 0 |
The French bishops’ conference overhauled its agenda for its November plenary meeting to deal with the anger after the discovery that a bishop allowed by the Vatican to retire actually was disciplined for sexual abuse.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 24, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in Europe, France, lead, News, Pope Francis, President Emmanuel Macron, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, Vatican | 0 |
Pope Francis on Monday met at the Vatican with French President Emmanuel Macron, with the war in Ukraine looming large in both leaders’ concerns.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 21, 2022 | Catholic News Service, euthanasia, France, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
As France begins a national debate on euthanasia, Pope Francis urged politicians from the country’s northern region to reject the “throwaway culture” and instead focus on providing care and relief to those nearing the end of their lives.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 11, 2022 | France, Missionaries, News, Pauline Jaricot, St. Francis of Assisi, world mission sunday | 0 |
Actions do speak louder than words. People inspire me and teach me more by how they live than by what they say. Actions also give meaning to the words we speak. I think this is especially true in giving witness to Christ.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 28, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, euthanasia, France, French bishops, News, Physician-assisted suicide | 0 |
France’s Catholic bishops warned President Emmanuel Macron’s government that “immoral legislation” to allow euthanasia risked overturning the country’s “ethical equilibrium.”
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