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French cardinal confesses to sexual abuse

November 7, 2022 Catholic News Agency 14

Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard / YouTube / KTOTV (screenshot)

Rome Newsroom, Nov 7, 2022 / 09:00 am (CNA).
A French cardinal said on Monday that he had abused a 14-year-old girl several decades ago and was making himself available to authorities.C… […]

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Diocese confirms French bishop disciplined by Vatican for sexual abuse

October 19, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Bishop Michel Santier in 2013 / Benpup1 / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Rome Newsroom, Oct 19, 2022 / 08:15 am (CNA).
The Diocese of Créteil in France confirmed last week that its former bishop had been credibly accused of sexual abuse and ordered t… […]

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European court rules in favor of feminist claiming to ‘abort Jesus’ in a church in Paris

October 19, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

European Court of Human Rights. / CherryX/wikmedia. CC BY-SA 3.0

CNA Newsroom, Oct 19, 2022 / 07:20 am (CNA).
The judges of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) have ruled unanimously that a feminist who simulated aborting Jesus on the alt… […]

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‘Hands off my statue’: How this French group hopes to save St. Michael the Archangel

October 11, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Raphael, “St. Michael Vanquishing Satan,” 1518 / Public Domain

CNA Newsroom, Oct 11, 2022 / 06:25 am (CNA).
The recent decision of a French Court of Appeal to confirm the removal of a statue of St. Michael the Archangel from a seaside… […]

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House of saints: Visiting St. Thérèse of Lisieux’s home has inspired conversions

October 1, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

The backyard of St. Thérèse’s childhood home in Lisieux, France. / Photo credit: Courtney Mares

Rome Newsroom, Oct 1, 2022 / 01:00 am (CNA).
Scenes from St. Thérèse of Lisieux’s beloved spiritual autobiography “Story of a Soul” come alive when … […]

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Supporters of statue of St. Michael the Archangel in small French town vow to fight removal order

September 29, 2022 Catholic News Agency 4

St. Michael the Archangel / Credit: Pixabay

CNA Newsroom, Sep 29, 2022 / 01:30 am (CNA).
After a French court confirmed the removal of a statue of St. Michael from a seaside town, supporters have vowed to continue their struggle.On Friday, Sep…. […]

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Who was Joan of Arc?: Answers to your questions about this heroic saint  

August 13, 2022 Catholic News Agency 5

Joan of Arc depicted on horseback in an illustration from a 1504 manuscript. / Wiki Commons

Denver Newsroom, Aug 13, 2022 / 11:09 am (CNA).
Visited by St. Michael the Archangel and commissioned by God at the age of 13 to lead the army of France… […]

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New Catholic archbishop of Paris invokes ‘synodal spirit’ at installation Mass

May 24, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Archbishop Laurent Ulrich is installed as archbishop of Paris in the Church of Saint-Sulpice on May 23, 2022. / Twitter @dioceseparis.

Rome Newsroom, May 24, 2022 / 10:40 am (CNA).
Archbishop Laurent Ulrich was installed on Monday as the new Ca… […]

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Almost 12,000 people attend the beatification of Pauline Jaricot

May 23, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

The beatification of Pauline Jaricot in Lyon, France, on May 22, 2022. / In Your Name/Diocèse de Lyon Flickr photostream.

Rome Newsroom, May 23, 2022 / 10:00 am (CNA).
Nearly 12,000 people attended the beatification of Pauline Jaricot in Lyon, … […]

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Who is Pauline Jaricot, the Catholic Church’s next blessed?

May 21, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Pauline Jaricot (1799-1862). / Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain.

Lyon, France, May 21, 2022 / 04:00 am (CNA).
In 1859, the year that he died, St. John Vianney offered a cross to Pauline Jaricot, who will become the Church’s newest blessed on Sun… […]

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