French Bishops launched the campaign to tackle the “widespread blindness to the dignity of every human being” represented by the new law

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.

Traditionalist priests now account for 20 per cent of ordinations in France

Francois Hollande never took up the traditional honour. But his successor has surprisingly strong Catholic sympathies

The flash floods come as much of France is hit by heavy rainfall

The influence of Marion Maréchal is growing, but not everyone is pleased

Macron wants Catholics to be more involved in public life. Could France's secular settlement be under threat?

French secularists got all they could have wanted years ago. So why are they still angry?