https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed French bishops pleaded for forgiveness on Monday for the "guilty silence" of the Catholic Church following months of damaging revelations over the sexual abuse of children by priests. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161108/french-bishops-beg-forgiveness-from-paedophilia-victims Tue, 08 Nov 2016 09:19:43 +0100 french-bishops-beg-forgiveness-from-paedophilia-victims After nearly half a century of theological debate, French bishops have decided to change a potentially "blasphemous" version of the Lord's Prayer, to be included in a forthcoming French-language bible. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131015/french-church-changes-blasphemous-lords-prayer Tue, 15 Oct 2013 20:45:00 +0200 french-church-changes-blasphemous-lords-prayer A group of Catholic protestors in France were fined thousands of euros on Friday for interrupting and throwing smoke bombs at a 'blasphemous' piece of theatre, which featured the face of Christ being covered in fake excrement. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130621/catholic-group-fined-for-protesting-blasphemous-theatre Fri, 21 Jun 2013 17:25:00 +0200 catholic-group-fined-for-protesting-blasphemous-theatre France's Catholic church has a new leader as of Wednesday after Monsignor Georges Pontier, Archbishop of Marseilles, was elected president of the French conference of bishops. He succeeds Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130417/marseille-archbishop-is-new-head-of-french-catholics Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:03:00 +0200 marseille-archbishop-is-new-head-of-french-catholics The principal of a Catholic primary school in the east of France received a torrent of abusive phone calls, letters and emails, all because one of her teachers gave a history lesson on Islam. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130201/catholic-head-teacher-threatened-over-lesson-on-islam Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:28:00 +0100 catholic-head-teacher-threatened-over-lesson-on-islam In comments that will add to pressure on President François Hollande to respond to demands from France's large Muslim community to speak out on the issue, the Bishop of Angoulême, Claude Dagens, said he was profoundly concerned by recent developments. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121109/bishop-warns-of-catholic-islamophobia Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:09:39 +0100 bishop-warns-of-catholic-islamophobia France's Socialist government on Wednesday outlines a draft bill to authorise gay marriage and adoption amid strong opposition from the Roman Catholic Church and the opposition right. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121107/gay-marriage-bill-launched-in-the-teeth-of-opposition Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:32:00 +0100 gay-marriage-bill-launched-in-the-teeth-of-opposition French Catholics marked the Assumption holiday on Wednesday with prayers focused on the family and children that were designed to underline the Church's opposition to gay marriage. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120815/catholics-mark-assumption-with-anti-gay-prayer Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:39:00 +0200 catholics-mark-assumption-with-anti-gay-prayer