Posts Tagged ‘French bishops’ conference’

Plans to enshrine abortion in French Constitution alarm bishops

Monday, November 6th, 2023

Archbishop Pierre d’Ornellas, head of the bioethics working group of the French Bishops’ Conference (CEF), has expressed “grave concern” over President Emmanual Macron’s recent announcement that abortion rights should be enshrined in France’s Constitution. “We are facing a real social question! It’s as if we didn’t know how to approach it, and so, in order Read more

Thriving priestly community in France asks Vatican for help

Thursday, May 26th, 2022
priestly community asks Vatican for help

A traditional priestly community, the Community of Saint Martin, has asked the Vatican for help to assess its rapid growth. The community is a public association of clerics founded by a French priest in 1976 under the patronage of the late Cardinal Giuseppe Siri of Genoa (Italy). It was established to send its priests, who Read more

French bishops fire communications spokesperson

Thursday, November 18th, 2021
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Karine Dalle, spokeswoman and undersecretary for the French Bishops’ Conference (CEF) has been fired, two and a half months after taking office. Although the bishops say Dalle’s “trial period has not been confirmed” she says she had “been fired”. Her dismissal follows various slip-ups in communications after the release of an independent report into sexual Read more

France’s bishops will now uphold confessional seal

Monday, October 18th, 2021
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In a quick turnaround from news reported last week, France’s bishops’ conference says it will uphold the confessional seal, regardless of what has been confessed. Last week it was widely reported that the conference would break the seal in abuse cases. “One cannot change the canon law for France as it is international. A priest Read more

French bishop returns from Papal visit with COVID-19

Thursday, March 19th, 2020

French bishop Emmanuel Delmas of Angers, who has the COVID-19 virus, says his symptoms first appeared while he was in Rome earlier this month. Delmas was among 31 French bishops who met with Pope Francis during their ad limina visit on 9 March. The delegation included bishops from Bordeaux, Tours, Rouen, and other parts of Read more

French bishops to meet children of priests

Thursday, May 23rd, 2019

Three children of priests, representing the Children of Silence association, will meet the French bishops at the Bishops Conference of France next month. The meeting, which is a first in France, follows an initial meeting between Children of Silence president Anne-Marie Jarzac (67) and two Bishops’ Conference members. “We told them that we needed to Read more

Breath of fresh air for France

Monday, April 8th, 2019

France’s new bishops’ conference chair, Archbishop Eric de Moulins-Beaufort of Reims, is a well-recognised theologian who is highly appreciated for his analytical skills and is liked by lay people. His intellectual standing and realistic manner of tackling problems without excessive nostalgia for the past are said to have contributed to his election. Speaking after his Read more