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Montreal archbishop, religious leaders oppose Quebec’s secularism bill
- Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
- May 20, 2019
The archbishop of Montreal worries that Quebec’s secularism legislation will affect religious liberties in this Canadian province.
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Notre Dame fire may finally awaken France’s ‘Zombie Catholics’
- Notre Dame Cathedral Fire
- Apr 20, 2019
Many French Catholics say the fires that engulfed Notre Dame may have also set off a spiritual spark, especially in the new generations.
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Jewish expert says John Paul II had it right on Church/State relations
- Church in the US, Vatican
- Nov 16, 2018
Joseph Weiler, a prominent professor of law at New York University, has said that at a time of high polemics when the religious voice has been “muted” from the public arena, Saint John Paul II’s social teaching offers a balanced approach to the interaction between church and a secular state.
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If everything’s a ‘right,’ then nothing is, says Vatican legal czar
- Interviews, Vatican
- Nov 14, 2018
Giuseppe Dalla Torre, a prestigious Italian professor and jurist, has said global society, and the west in particular, needs to rethink the concept of fundamental human rights, which he said are often confused with lesser liberties, creating confusion and, ultimately, a loss of what rights are.
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French court orders cross removed from statue of John Paul II
- Catholic News Agency, Global Church
- Nov 1, 2017
A 25-foot tall statue of Pope Saint John Paul II praying beneath an arch adorned with a cross is causing controversy in Ploërmel, France. A court has ordered the cross removed, stating its “presence in a public location is contrary to the law.” The prime minister of Poland has offered to take the statue, saying the “dictatorship” of political correctness is “alien to our culture, which leads to terrorizing Europeans in their everyday life.”
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Religion emerges in secular French politics as presidential campaign heats up
- Global Church, Religion News Service
- Mar 26, 2017
Playing the religion card so openly is unusual in France, where the official separation of church and state is normally taken so seriously that politicians rarely if ever mention in public whether they have a faith or not. But now French politicians, especially those on the right, are harking back to a secularized version of France’s traditional Catholic identity as one of several ways to mobilize voters.
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