PARIS — With banners reading “Let us Pray” and “We Want Mass,” Catholic protesters held scattered demonstrations around France on Sunday to demand that authorities relax virus lockdown measures to allow religious services. With more confirmed virus cases in than any other European country, predominantly Roman Catholic France banned Mass and other religious services for the month of November as …
French president says thousands more soldiers will protect key sites, after an attacker killed three people at a church in Nice. 29 Oct 2020 - 16:08 GMT Saudi Arabia condemns attack: foreign ministry Saudi Arabia “strongly condemns” the attack at a church in Nice, the kingdom’s foreign ministry has said in a statement. 29 Oct 2020 - 11:45 GMT Turkey …
Rome CNN — For the first time in Catholic history, nearly 200 church leaders from around the world will gather at the Vatican starting Thursday to confront the scourge of clergy who sexually abuse children. Pope Francis has sought to deflate expectations for the meeting, officially called, “Protection of Minors in the Church.” The goal, he said, is to hear …
