Lourdes, Sept 10, 2024: Roughly 450 pilgrims have had to be evacuated from the world renowned Marian shrine in Lourdes, France, after heavy rainfall caused a riverbank to burst and flood the site. The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, which is a popular destination for Catholics, was partially submergedContinue Reading
Nice, April 26, 2022: A 72-year-old Catholic nun has been praised for her “extraordinary courage” after she sought to disarm a man stabbing a priest at a Catholic church in Nice, southeastern France. Sister Marie-Claude reportedly intervened after a 31-year-old man entered the Saint-Pierre d’Arene church before Sunday Mass onContinue Reading
Paris: In the wake of several suspected Islamist attacks in France this year, President Emmanuel Macron has asked the country’s Muslim leaders to sign a “charter of republican values” agreeing to a rejection of Islam as a political movement. According to the BBC, Macron’s proposed charter is one part ofContinue Reading
Paris: France stepped up security nationwide on October 30 to guard against new Islamist attacks following the fatal stabbings at a church in Nice, while Muslims in other countries protested in over perceived French slights to the Prophet Mohammad. President Emmanuel Macron deployed thousands of soldiers to protect sites suchContinue Reading
Brittany, France: A statue that was erected to honour the late Pope John Paul II has become the centre of a diplomatic crisis . France’s top administrative court, the Conseil d’Etat ruled in favour of the removal of a cross that is on a statue of John Paul in prayer citingContinue Reading
The archdiocese of Rouen in northern France held a special Mass on July 26 to mark the first anniversary of the assassination of an elderly parish priest, Fr Jacques Hamel. The 85-year-old was killed while celebrating Mass on July 26th last year after two gunmen stormed his church in the townContinue Reading
