Mgr Matthieu Rougé, bishop of Nanterre, is a member of the permanent council of the Conference of Bishops.
LE FIGARO. - You were one of the first bishops to express your dissatisfaction after the Prime Minister's speech, Tuesday April 28: what do you blame the government for?
Mgr Mathieu ROUGÉ. - What saddened me was that the question of religions was dispatched in three lapidary sentences without having been taken into account the concrete proposals - particularly rigorous in matters of health security - that we had presented. After this disappointment and this misunderstanding, is the time for a more constructive dialogue coming? I very much hope so.
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The bishops of France meet this Monday in an exceptional way by videoconference, is this a crisis meeting?
Since the beginning of this crisis, Archbishop de Moulins-Beaufort, president of the Conference of Bishops, has taken care to meet regularly the permanent council and the plenary assembly by videoconference,
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