While the governmental instability that followed the June 9 European elections bought time for opponents of active aid in ...

The French Catholic Church, stripped of property rights by the Anti-Clerical laws of 1905, has been given legal status by the present Government France has made peace with the Pope. By special ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

That's not to say that the French state's approach - which includes a ban on collecting data on race or religion - is accepted uncritically here, and in fact there are many people, especially on ...

France has marked 10 years since an Islamist attack on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo that shocked the country and led to fierce debate about freedom of expression and religion. FRANCE 24's ...

Commemorations were held on the 10th anniversary of the attack against the satirical newspaper. Twelve people died in the attacks, including eight of its staff.