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A volunteer carries a cross during a Good Friday procession in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris April 18, 2025. With France poised to vote on a controversial "assisted dying" bill, the country's Catholic bishops have launched an unprecedented public campaign urging Catholics to speak out against the bill. Twelve bishops of the Paris region prayed in Notre Dame Cathedral on May 21 for the bill to be rejected. Debate continues in Parliament through May 25 before the May 27 vote. (OSV News photo/Gonzalo Fuentes, Reuters)

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French bishops launch unprecedented campaign to oppose 'assisted dying' bill

Caroline de Sury|May 23, 2025|4 Min Read

Bishop Benoît Bertrand of Pontoise, France, who holds the official title of the "Guardian of the Holy Tunic," prays in front of the "Holy Tunic of Argenteuil," with representatives of Eastern churches, on April 26, 2025, in the Basilica of St. Denis in Argenteuil. Until May 11, pilgrims will be able to venerate what is believed to be the seamless robe Christ wore before his passion. (OSV News photo/courtesy Diocese of Pontoise)

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Pilgrims venerating 'holy tunic' of Jesus in France pray for cardinals in Rome

Caroline de Sury|May 1, 2025|4 Min Read

Bishop Jean-Marc Micas of Tarbes and Lourdes is seen walking to the grotto in the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France Feb. 9, 2025. To mark a significant milestone reached in recent years, the country's bishops met in Lourdes with over 300 victims and experts to discuss the path forward in safeguarding -- and challenges that they're still facing -- March 31 and April 1, 2025. (OSV News photo/courtesy Lourdes Sanctuary)

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France turns the page on the abuse crisis as bishops elect new president of conference

Caroline de Sury|Apr 7, 2025|5 Min Read

The Basilica of Notre Dame de la Garde in Marseille, France, is seen ahead of Pope Francis' arrival for a Marian prayer service with local clergy and religious Sept. 22, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

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French bishops publish major study to boost interest in faith, help save churches

Caroline de Sury|Mar 12, 2025|5 Min Read

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou speaks during a session of questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris Jan. 28, 2025. (OSV News photo/Gonzalo Fuentes, Reuters)

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France's Catholic prime minister wants to fight 'end of life' bill by splitting measure

Caroline de Sury|Jan 30, 2025|5 Min Read

A stained-glass window depicting the martyrs of Compiègne, France, is seen in Saint-Honoré d'Eylau Church in Paris, in this Sept. 12, 2010 file photo. (CNS photo/G. Freihalter/WikiCommons)

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The Martyrs of Compiègne of French Revolution are canonized after ‘walking together’

Charles Collins|Dec 19, 2024|4 Min Read

Pope Francis delivers his homily as he celebrates Mass on Gaudete Sunday in Austerlitz Square in Ajaccio, France, Dec. 15, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Pope praises popular piety during first-ever papal Mass in Corsica

Justin McLellan|Dec 15, 2024|4 Min Read

A crucifix and candles are pictured in Notre-Dame Basilica in Nice, France, Oct. 4, 2021. A report on clergy sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in France, published Oct. 5, 2021, showed there have been 3,000 abusers since the 1950s. (CNS photo/Eric Gaillard, Reuters)

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3 years after landmark French abuse report, experts still work with survivors, urge vigilance

Caroline de Sury|Oct 8, 2024|5 Min Read

The historic Church of the Immaculate Conception in Saint-Omer, in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France, was ravaged by arson on the night of Sept. 2, 2024. (Courtesy of Father Sébastien Roussel via CNA)

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Devastating attack on church in France renews concerns over security in places of worship

Solène Tadié|Sep 4, 2024|3 Min Read

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French government warns of ‘very high’ terrorist threat on Catholic solemnity

Peter Pinedo|Aug 14, 2024|2 Min Read

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As Paris wraps Olympics with pride, bishop says church's Holy Games equally successful

Caroline de Sury|Aug 12, 2024|6 Min Read

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France's 'night of churches' an opportunity to understand Christian culture through art

Caroline de Sury|Jun 25, 2024|5 Min Read

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