France

By Caroline de SuryPARIS (OSV News) — The reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral, scheduled for Dec. 8, will be “six months of celebration and praise,” the archbishop of Paris said …

By Caroline de SuryPARIS (OSV News) — On Feb. 1, 1954, a Catholic priest was shocked to learn a woman had frozen to death on the streets of Paris with …

Every evening the Church remembers the words of the elderly Simeon with the closing canticle of Compline: “Nunc dimittis servum tuum, Domine…” But in the Bible verses just after his …

By Caroline de Sury PARIS (OSV News) — France’s bishops stand in solidarity with farmers protesting across the country. After days of protests in the local provinces, farmers were determined …

By Caroline de SuryPARIS (OSV News) — In a historic year for Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, which the French capital and the whole world will see reopen Dec. 8, …

By Caroline de Sury PARIS (OSV News) — In a rather unusual moment for secular France, the president of the country confirmed he will attend Mass celebrated by Pope Francis …

PARIS (OSV News) — The French army general appointed by President Emmanuel Macron to oversee the reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral will not see the reopening of the pearl of …

(OSV News) — The leaders of the Conference of Religious Leaders in France, representing Muslim, Jewish, Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant and Buddhist communities, issued a June 30 joint statement appealing for …

THOUARS, France (OSV News) — Highly skilled carpenters from four different companies are working together to rebuild the iconic Notre Dame spire before the grand reopening of the most famous …