French faithful joyfully return to worship as churches reopen after more than two months in lockdown
Masses resumed over the weekend in several dioceses, but some bishops have chosen to keep their churches closed.
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Articles tagged Edouard Philippe
France’s highest administrative court to hear Catholics’ case for overturning public Mass ban
Despite other areas of society opening up like public transit and beaches, churches are still strictly forbidden from hosting public religious ceremonies.
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French Senate: Notre Dame Cathedral must be restored to ‘last known visual state’
A government funding request was approved that rules out 'inventive reconstruction,' as suggested by President Emmanuel Macron.
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Will France rebuild Notre Dame as a Catholic church?
Secularism could win out over tradition in the reconstruction.
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