In their reflection on the organization of Islam in France, the President of the Republic and the ministers concerned by the subject often cite the Catholic Church as an example.
A bishop in each department, identified interlocutor of the prefect, a hierarchy appointed by his peers, interlocutor of the State: in a secularism wishing to be appeased, the clarity of the chain of responsibility is one of the means of dialogue.
The announcement about the reopening of places of worship provides a good illustration of this, for better… and for worse.
For the better in the ability to quickly ward off a serious crisis.
When Emmanuel Macron announces the gauge of 30 people for masses with the faithful, it is consternation, among the bishops and in the "cathosphere" whose youngest elements are the most mobilized.
On the theological level, Catholics recognize the authority of the bishop and, on the political level, the president of the Conference of Bishops of France, elected by his peers, is
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