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French abuse report authors respond to critics who challenged 330,000 victims estimate

February 10, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

Jean-Marc Sauvé. / Screenshot from CIASE Facebook page.

Paris, France, Feb 10, 2022 / 07:00 am (CNA).
The authors of a landmark abuse report responded this week to critics who argued that they overestimated the number of victims in the French C… […]

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Pope Francis meets a delegation of the French Catholic Action movement at the Vatican, Jan. 13, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Jan 13, 2022 / 06:30 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said on Thursday that synodality is not a “search for majority cons… […]

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Pope Francis tells France’s Catholic bishops he’ll meet authors of landmark abuse report

December 14, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis meets French bishops at the Vatican, Dec. 13, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Dec 14, 2021 / 04:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis told French Catholic bishops on Monday that he is willing to meet the authors of a landmark abuse report… […]

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France’s interior minister condemns threats against Catholics during procession

December 12, 2021 Catholic News Agency 8

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin. / Pierrot75005 via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Nanterre, France, Dec 12, 2021 / 07:45 am (CNA).
France’s interior minister on Saturday condemned threats made against Catholics taking part in a Marian proc… […]

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Archbishop Aupetit at Paris farewell Mass: ‘I lost my life for the love of Christ’

December 11, 2021 Catholic News Agency 3

Archbishop Michel Aupetit, pictured in 2019. / François-Régis Salefran via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Paris, France, Dec 11, 2021 / 06:00 am (CNA).
At a farewell Mass in Paris on Friday, Archbishop Michel Aupetit directly addressed media reports… […]

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Pope Francis accepts resignation of Catholic archbishop of Paris

December 2, 2021 Catholic News Agency 3

Archbishop Michel Aupetit of Paris. / Ibex73 via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Rome Newsroom, Dec 2, 2021 / 04:23 am (CNA).
Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Archbishop Michel Aupetit on Thursday amid a controversy surrounding an alleged pri… […]

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French Catholic academy critiques landmark abuse report

December 1, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

Jean-Marc Sauvé speaks at the launch of the Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church report in Paris, France, Oct. 5, 2021. / Screenshot from CIASE Facebook page.

Paris, France, Dec 1, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
Members of a French Cath… […]

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Paris archbishop asks Pope Francis to decide his future

November 26, 2021 Catholic News Agency 5

Archbishop Michel Aupetit of Paris. / Ibex73 via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Paris, France, Nov 26, 2021 / 12:12 pm (CNA).
Archbishop Michel Aupetit has asked Pope Francis to decide whether he should remain as the Catholic archbishop of Paris, ac… […]

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Meet the young Catholics restoring wayside crucifixes across France

November 25, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

Members of SOS Calvaires, a group restoring wayside crucifixes across France. / SOS Calvaires.

Rome Newsroom, Nov 25, 2021 / 04:00 am (CNA).
The missionary spirit of young people in France is being rekindled by the surprising success of an asso… […]

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Pope Francis urges French Catholic bishops to console victims in wake of abuse report

November 5, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis meets with a group of French bishops on their ad limina visit to Rome, Oct. 1, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Rome Newsroom, Nov 5, 2021 / 06:00 am (CNA).
As Catholic bishops from across France meet this week at the shrine of Our Lady of Lo… […]

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