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by 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 | 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 | 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.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 25, 2022 | Apostolic Visitation, Church in Europe, France, French bishops, lead, News, Pope Francis | 0 |
In his latest intervention in the Catholic Church in France, Pope Francis has ordered an apostolic visitation into the governance of the Archdiocese of Strasbourg, which is set to begin at the end of this month.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 26, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Elections, Emmanuel Macron, French bishops, News | 0 |
The head of the French bishops’ conference welcomed the reelection of President Emmanuel Macron, but also warned of growing social divisions, after the vote was marred the stabbing of a Catholic priest and nun.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 9, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Climate change, French bishops, integral ecology, News | 0 |
France’s Catholic bishops have stepped up calls for an “integral ecology” to protect the environment while also warning citizens not to “expect a savior or messiah” after the first round of presidential elections April 10.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 22, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Catholic vote, Church in Europe, Elections, France, French bishops, News, Voting | 0 |
France’s Catholic bishops urged citizens to use upcoming elections to restore basic freedoms and “rules of civility.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 13, 2021 | Archbishop Michel Aupetit, Associated Press, clerical sexual abuse, France, French bishops, lead, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
Pope Francis agreed Monday to meet with the commission that published a ground-breaking report into clergy sexual abuse in the French Catholic Church
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 20, 2021 | child protection, Church in Europe, clerical seuxal abuse, France, French bishops, lead, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
Next month members of the independent commission that published a searing report into clerical sexual abuse in France will meet Pope Francis at the Vatican to discuss the issue and carve out a way forward.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 8, 2021 | Abuse of power, French bishops, News, sexual assault, U.S. & World News, Violence | 0 |
France’s Catholic bishops have unveiled new measures to counter sexual abuse by clergy after an October report by an independent commission estimated more than 330,000 children had been abused since the 1950s.
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