Over the last seven decades at least 3,000 children were sexually abused by Catholic clergy or officials in France, according... Read more
Church bells rang simultaneously across France at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday night, in a show of national unity amidst the COVID-19... Read more
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes has closed for the first time in over a century following new restrictions... Read more
The Vatican announced Friday that Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Philippe Barbarin as archbishop of Lyon after... Read more
Cardinal Philippe Barbarin has been acquitted by a French appeals court of failing to report sexual abuse by a diocesan... Read more
The French Senate this week passed a bill that would allow access to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) for single women and... Read more
Debate began on a bioethics bill in the French Senate Tuesday after tens of thousands of people marched through the... Read more
The French Catholic bishops’ conference permanent council has approved a recommendation to remove references to the sex of parents on... Read more
An elderly nun in France has received an apology from a French mayor after retirement home staff wrongly rejected her,... Read more
Almost four months after a fire destroyed the roof of Notre-Dame de Paris, officials are concerned that the building is... Read more
France’s Parliament on Tuesday passed a bill on the rebuilding of Notre-Dame Cathedral— three months after a fire destroyed the... Read more
Vandalism, theft, arson and other increasing attacks on churches in France have led to debates about their causes, amid shock... Read more
Vincent Lambert, a 42 year-old quadriplegic man, died in a French hospital Thursday morning, more than one week after doctors... Read more
The Archbishop of Paris, Michael Aupetit, has asked priests of his archdiocese to offer Mass for the intention of Vincent... Read more
The Holy See has announced it has revoked the diplomatic immunity of the apostolic nuncio to France, Archbishop Luigi Ventura,... Read more
Reviving a three-year old debate over what constitutes appropriate swimwear for women at the beach, a French city shut down... Read more
An initial investigation into the devastating fire that consumed much of Notre-Dame cathedral in April has found no signs of... Read more
France’s soon-to-be mandatory Universal National Service program for teens has drawn serious religious freedom concerns, with critics noting that the... Read more
A clock nearly identical to the one destroyed in the fire at Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris has been found in... Read more
Catholics walked through Syria’s Wadi al-Nasara, or “Valley of the Christians,” this Pentecost, praying the rosary, alternating between the Arabic... Read more