Sex Crimes Catholic Church in France: An estimated 330,000 child victims were sexually abused, according to French report Commission President Jean-Marc Sauve, said the estimate, based on ...

France is packed with more than 40,000 churches and chapels and we scoured blogs and reviews to find the best ones worth a ...

PARIS — Victims of abuse within France’s Catholic Church welcomed a historic turning point Tuesday after a new report estimated that 330,000 children in France were sexually abused over the ...

The publication of the Sauvé Report on sexual violence in the Catholic Church of France between 1950 and 2020, in October 2021, caused a shockwave whose effects are still being felt on a national ...

FILE - All of the bishops of France attend a mass in Notre-Dame Cathedral in Lourdes, southwestern France, on Nov. 9, 2019. A French bishop has been given a preliminary charge of attempting to ...

The Catholic Church is using the upcoming Paris Olympics to engage young people − but several popes have already promoted sports as a way to teach Christian values Story by A. Jaime Morales Jr ...

Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, a high-ranking Catholic church official, said in a statement that he abused a 14-year-old girl decades ago.

More than 10,000 adults will become members of the Roman Catholic Church in France this Easter — a historic high that marks the largest wave of conversions in at least two decades, according to ...

CNA Newsroom, Apr 12, 2025 / 11:30 am. France’s Catholic Church will welcome more than 10,384 adult catechumens at Easter this year, marking a 45% increase from 2024 figures, according to data ...

Map shows all alleged crimes against churches in France, not just fires. One post on X was viewed more than 250,000 times, opens new tab and it was also widely shared on Facebook, opens new tab.

PARIS — A major French report released Tuesday found that an estimated 330,000 children were victims of sex abuse within the Roman Catholic Church in France over the last 70 years, in the ...

Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, a high-ranking Catholic church official, said in a statement that he abused a 14-year-old girl decades ago.