The heirs of Abbot Pierre: Fifteen after his death, they continue to keep his fight alive
Jean-Baptiste Eyraud, 68, could be retired. However, he still puts his body and soul into the Droit au logement (DAL) association which…
“Suddenly, the whole meaning of the word Toussaint appears to me”
On All Saints’ Sunday 2020, in full confinement due to Covid, I went to 8:30 a.m. Mass. The early morning schedule will…
Toussaint. How to pray for the deceased after cremation?
SUMMARY Prayer in the garden Prayer at the columbarium Prayer at the cemetery Prayer in the garden WHEN? Once the family has…
Inauguration of the International City of the French Language at the Château de Villers-Cotterêts: what to expect?
Villers-Cotterêts is in turmoil: it is at the magnificently restored royal castle of this small town in Aisne, 70km north of Paris,…
Benoît Gschwind, first Assumptionist religious appointed bishop of a French diocese
Born in Basel in 1963, this Franco-Swiss person has multiplied his services within the Church. Ordained priest in 1991, Benoît Gschwind then…
Why we need the social and solidarity economy
The ESS is an acronym that only speaks to those in the know. However, what do Macif, the Red Cross, Système U,…
Immigration law: a long road towards toughening
The assassination of teacher Dominique Bernard on October 13, in Arras, by an Islamist terrorist, reopens poorly healed wounds. It also seems…
What to remember from the first phase of the Synod of Bishops on the future of the Church
We talked about the place of women in the Church (a lot of equality of the baptizedof the proclamation of the Gospel…
Benoît Gallot: “Let’s not wait until we’re dead to visit cemeteries!”
You work and live with your family at the Père-Lachaise cemetery. Living in the middle of 70,000 graves and 1.3 million dead…
All Saints’ Day: a parish mobilizes to support visitors to cemeteries
At the end of a narrow street that climbs between the houses, stands the pretty little church and cemetery of Fontaine-Milon, a…