Many researchers have observed a resurgence of religious commitment among young people in France, often accompanied by a ...

As a fiercely secular nation, France has always had an awkward relationship with religious groups. Officials often find themselves struggling to strike the delicate balance between maintaining ...

Pluralism and evangelicalism collide in contemporary France. A conversation with Sébastien Fath. In early summer the French Parliament passed anti-sect legislation that some evangelicals and members ...

VATICAN CITYVATICAN CITY — The umbrella group of Catholic religious orders in France is demanding church authorities assume responsibility for horrific evidence of sexual, spiritual and psychological ...

On Nov. 19, French president Emmanuel Macron asked the French Council of the Muslim Faith to sign a charter prohibiting Islam from being politicized and restricting “foreign interference” among Muslim ...

The French National Assembly has passed a bill that backers say will counter extremism and separatism, especially among French Muslims. However, the bill includes stricter controls on religion, bars ...

More aware than previous generations, French students are also more willing to question laïcité, the French concept of secularism – particularly in the name of individual freedom. For teachers, ...

Like a snarling, wounded panther, outraged Catholic France crouched ready to spring upon its enemies. Indeed, its attitude was so menacing that it was difficult to see how pipe-puffing, anticlerical ...

They arrived as they do every December: gaily wrapped gifts destined for children at a kindergarten in rural northern France. But this year, teachers unwrapped a few, took a look and sent all 1,300 ...

Michael Kelly is a member of the Labour Party as well as of the South Hampshire Humanists. Those who watched the coronation of King Charles III in May 2023 would be forgiven for thinking that the ...

The umbrella group of Catholic religious orders in France is demanding church authorities assume responsibility for horrific evidence of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse in L'Arche, once a ...