These bishops of France who did not dare to attack the State before justice

The bishops of France are too easily overwhelmed. They would be the cause of all the evils of the Church. These priests, one day called by the pope to bear the heavy burden of a diocese, generally lacking in vocations, priests, faithful and money, are led to manage impossible situations. They do this with consistency and courage. We must pay them this tribute. Individually they are rather exemplary men of God, given to the rope and who hold on, without expecting anything in return.

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Collectively, this is another question. They are a hundred, gathered within the Episcopal Conference. This decision-making body functions in an eminently collegial manner. Asperities, personalities, great intuitions are often reduced to nothing. Just like daring and sometimes ... courage.

The decision announced Monday by the State Council giving "injunction" - therefore absolute obligation! - the government to restore worship in France because it has reached

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