French Bishops Conference Archives

EXCLUSIVE: Bishop Rey tells Christians to make reparation for blasphemous Olympics opening ceremony

Condemning the 2024 Olympic opening ceremony as 'blasphemous and insulting,' Bishop Dominique Rey noted that 'many people, not only Christians, were profoundly scandalized by what happened.’

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Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent

• Jul 29, 2024Jul 29, 2024

‘God is not mocked’: Blasphemous depiction of Last Supper at Olympic ceremony sparks outrage

Catholics and prominent public figures are rebuking the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris for featuring drag queens and demonic-looking figures that carried out a grotesque parody of the Last Supper.

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Stephen Kokx

• Jul 27, 2024Jul 29, 2024

Chartres pilgrimage sets new record with 18,000 registered participants

Jean de Tauriers, president of Notre Dame de Chrétienté, sat down with LifeSite to reflect on the growing success of the pilgrimage and his hopes for the future. 'We are in tune with the spiritual needs of young people today,' he noted.

Blogs

Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent

• May 6, 2024May 6, 2024

Multiple French bishops insist priests cannot bless homosexual ‘couples’

Bishop Marc Aillet of Bayonne published a statement which insisted priests are only to offer blessings to individuals. The ecclesial province of Rennes, which includes nine dioceses, stated the same thing. But nearly all of France’s other bishops remained silent.

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Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent

• Jan 12, 2024Jan 12, 2024

French bishops to issue digital IDs to prove priests’ identities, validity to celebrate sacraments

The objective is to help protect the Catholic faithful from fake priests and religious predators.

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Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent

• May 18, 2023May 19, 2023

French Catholics are enraged by new confessions of clerical sexual abuse

A highly respected French cardinal is under the spotlight for misconduct with a 14-year-old girl, 35 years ago.

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Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent

• Nov 12, 2022Nov 12, 2022

Pope insists traditionalist FSSP priests must concelebrate new rite Chrism Mass: French archbishop

Since the publication of Pope Francis’ unfamous motu proprio in July of last year, much confusion still remains as to how the decree applies.

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LifeSiteNews Europe

• Apr 26, 2022Apr 27, 2022

Explosive report on clergy sex abuse in France due out Tuesday

The revelation that there might be 10,000 or more victims over the past 70 years will be a serious blow to the already-weakened Catholic Church in the country.

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Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent

• Oct 4, 2021

French bishops should examine their own attitude to traditional Catholics and the ancient Mass

The traditional Catholic organization, Una Voce France, say that the bishops regard them as 'narrow-minded beings, without theology, without charity'

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Joseph Shaw

• Feb 8, 2021Jul 30, 2021

Did French bishops just declare war on the traditional Mass?

The French Bishops’ conference suggests that the 'exclusive use of the extraordinary form' should be revoked.

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Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent

• Feb 2, 2021Jul 30, 2021

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EXCLUSIVE: Bishop Rey tells Christians to make reparation for blasphemous Olympics opening ceremony

‘God is not mocked’: Blasphemous depiction of Last Supper at Olympic ceremony sparks outrage

Chartres pilgrimage sets new record with 18,000 registered participants

Multiple French bishops insist priests cannot bless homosexual ‘couples’

French bishops to issue digital IDs to prove priests’ identities, validity to celebrate sacraments

French Catholics are enraged by new confessions of clerical sexual abuse

Pope insists traditionalist FSSP priests must concelebrate new rite Chrism Mass: French archbishop

Explosive report on clergy sex abuse in France due out Tuesday

French bishops should examine their own attitude to traditional Catholics and the ancient Mass

Did French bishops just declare war on the traditional Mass?