Posts Tagged ‘Bishops’ Conference of France’

Vatican on France’s abortion amendment: There cannot be a ‘right’ to take a human life

Thursday, March 7th, 2024

On Monday, France became the first country in the world to enshrine the right to abortion in its basic law, a move that has been staunchly opposed by the French bishops and by the Vatican. “The Pontifical Academy for Life reiterates that precisely in the era of universal human rights, there cannot be a ‘right’ Read more

French Catholic Church to sell assets to compensate sex abuse victims

Thursday, November 11th, 2021
French church compensate victims

The bishops of France will sell real estate assets to compensate sexual abuse survivors who were victims of clergy and staff of the French Catholic Church. “We will not take money from the Church’s yearly parish contributions, we will not use donations that the faithful make to us for [our missions]”, Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, president Read more