It is not a papal injunction, but a presidential instruction.
“What I expect the Church to offer us is her freedom of speech.
This voice that knows how to say what annoys our fellow citizens hear it, even if they are far from the Church. ”
At the Collège des Bernardins, nearly three years ago, Emmanuel Macron had prayed, almost summoned, the Catholics of France to be
"untimely"
.
While the bill intended to "strengthen republican principles" is about to begin the second stage of its legislative journey, Christians - Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox in tune - take the head of state at his word.
And sound an alarm signal.
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The fears expressed in this appeal are not new.
From the presentation of the text, officials of all faiths had warned against the fact that all religions are the unjust and collateral victims of a legitimate and identified fight against Islamism.
Unfounded fears, retorted
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