Mgr Marc Aillet is bishop of Bayonne.
He was one of the French prelates to directly approach the Council of State for the re-establishment of masses in public.
He returns to this debate where he was directly questioned by the government and to the demonstrations of the faithful against the ban on public worship.
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Return of masses: the State and the Church will speak to each other on Monday
Le FIGARO.- The Church is negotiating this Monday morning with the State on the prohibition of public masses.
Why do we need to restore them?
Bishop Marc Aillet.- For Catholics, Mass is the summit and the source of Christian life: it is a matter of coming together in the name of a Living Person, the Risen Christ, truly present in the guise of bread and wine. consecrated.
So we can say, with the martyrs of Abitene (304):
"Without Sunday - to hear here the Sunday gathering of the Eucharist - we cannot live."
Of course, they were threatened with death, but the deprivation of Mass could also lead to asphyxiation and spiritual death.
If we don't defend
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