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Colin Brazier
What strict quarantine might teach us
Alexandra DeSanctis
Biden Wants to Cloak His Administration in Catholicism: Don’t Let Him
Constance Watson
Excuses, excuses
Niall Gooch
On the Church as the home of unity
Victoria Seed
Literary Helpdesk: 2nd (3rd?) Lockdown Edition (revised and extended)
Lucas Hollweg
Friday supper: Sea bass, avocado and Seville orange ceviche
France
French Catholics fast and pray in response to controversial Bioethics bill
January 15, 2021
French Bishops launched the campaign to tackle the “widespread blindness to the dignity of every human being” represented by the new law
Notre Dame Cathedral spire to be rebuilt as replica of pre-fire design
July 10, 2020
President Emmanuel Macron of France has announced that the Notre Dame Cathedral spire will be rebuilt as a replica of the one destroyed in the fire at the cathedral last year.
58 French dioceses have no ordinations this year
July 04, 2018
Traditionalist priests now account for 20 per cent of ordinations in France
Analysis: Why Macron accepted a title from the Pope
June 28, 2018
Francois Hollande never took up the traditional honour. But his successor has surprisingly strong Catholic sympathies
PICTURES: Floods cause evacuation of Lourdes shrine
June 14, 2018
The flash floods come as much of France is hit by heavy rainfall
The new champion of the French Catholic Right?
June 07, 2018
The influence of Marion Maréchal is growing, but not everyone is pleased
Why is Macron courting the Church?
April 19, 2018
Macron wants Catholics to be more involved in public life. Could France's secular settlement be under threat?
Macron has exposed the bigotry of French anti-Catholics
April 13, 2018
French secularists got all they could have wanted years ago. So why are they still angry?
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