Cathorico : le chant du coq catholique

  Marguerite-Marie fêtée à Paray-le-Monial, naissance traditionnelle du Mont-Saint-Michel en 709 et mémoire de Marie-Antoinette à Saint-Denis : rarement une date rassemble autant de fils de l’histoire catholique française English summary The date of 16 October occupies a remarkable place in French Catholic memory. The Church celebrates Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, whose visions at Paray-le-Monial profoundly shaped devotion to the Sacred Heart. Tradition also places the dedication of the first sanctuary on Mont-Saint-Michel on 16 October 709. Finally, 16 October marks the execution of Queen Marie-Antoinette in 1793, still commemorated today by memorial Masses in Paris and at the royal basilica of Saint-Denis. These three memories reveal very different but enduring relationships between Catholic faith, French history and national heritage. Le 16 octobre commence à Paray-le-Monial Ce vendredi, l’Église célèbre sainte Marguerite-Marie Alacoque , morte à Paray-le-Monial en 1690. Religi...

Moins administrer, davantage compter sur elles ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🇬🇧 English summary Ten years after Amoris laetitia , the Catholic Church is reassessing its pastoral approach to marriage and family life. During a major Vatican meeting convened by Pope Leo XIV from 7 to 14 October 2026, France was represented in the discussions by Véronique Longchamp, national delegate for family pastoral care at the French Bishops’ Conference. Her message was clear: Christian families should no longer be considered merely recipients of pastoral programmes, but active participants in the Church’s mission. Among the proposals emerging from the French experience are greater involvement of married couples in marriage preparation, diversified support for young couples, diocesan “family houses”, stronger assistance for parents and a role for experienced couples in accompanying separated, divorced or remarried people. The challenge for the French Church is therefore not simply to defend the famil...

  Deux semaines après le voyage pontifical, la Conférence des évêques refuse d’en faire seulement un beau souvenir English summary Two weeks after Pope Leo XIV’s apostolic journey to France, the French bishops are calling Catholics to transform the enthusiasm of the visit into a lasting missionary impulse. In a message issued by the Permanent Council of the French Bishops’ Conference, they describe the papal journey as a moment of communion extending beyond practising Catholics. The challenge now is to ensure that the crowds of Paris, Saint-Denis, Lourdes and Metz lead to renewed evangelisation, charity, unity and responsibility within the Church in France. Après la foule, que reste-t-il ? Le voyage de Léon XIV en France s’est achevé le 28 septembre. Paris, Saint-Denis, Lourdes et Metz ont vu passer des foules considérables, dans une atmosphère où la prière, la curiosité populaire et l’événement médiatique se sont entremêlés. Mais une visite pontificale possède toujours un risque :...

Ni moine ni prêtre, Géraud choisit de demeurer seigneur d’Aurillac tout en vivant dans le monde une véritable consécration chrétienne Résumé  Saint Gerald of Aurillac offers an exceptional model of lay Christian sanctity in the early Middle Ages. A powerful lord who remained in secular life, he sought to govern according to justice, charity and mercy, supported the poor, freed dependants and founded the monastery of Aurillac. His life shows that holiness may be pursued not only by withdrawing from the world, but also by exercising temporal responsibility according to the Gospel. Évangile du jour L’Évangile de ce mardi 13 octobre 2026 contient une parole qui semble presque écrite pour Géraud : « Donnez plutôt en aumône ce que vous avez, et alors tout sera pur pour vous. » Dans Luc 11, 37-41, Jésus oppose la pureté extérieure à la conversion réelle du cœur. La première lecture ajoute que ce qui compte est « la foi, qui agit par la charité ». Géraud n’a justement pas cherché la sainte...

De la France paysanne à nos jours, une prière qui traverse les siècles. For many centuries, the Angelus hath sanctified the daily life of Catholic France. At morning, midday and eventide, the bells recalled the mystery of the Incarnation, uniting peasants, craftsmen, families and clergy in one common prayer. Though modern society hath changed the rhythm of human existence, this ancient devotion remaineth a living witness to the Christian heritage of France. Quand la France s'arrêtait au son des cloches Il fut un temps où l'on n'avait pas besoin de regarder sa montre pour savoir qu'il était midi. Les cloches de l'église paroissiale l'annonçaient, comme elles avaient déjà salué le lever du jour et comme elles accompagneraient, quelques heures plus tard, le retour du soir. Dans les campagnes françaises, mais également dans les bourgs et les villes, cette sonnerie familière ne servait pas seulement à mesurer le temps. Elle invitait les fidèles à interrompre leurs oc...

La CEF nomme les fractures du pays ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🇬🇧 English summary Four days after the conclusion of Pope Leo XIV’s apostolic visit, the Permanent Council of the French Bishops’ Conference issued an unusually direct warning about the national situation. On 7 October, the bishops called Catholics to become “artisans of peace” while France is experiencing what they explicitly described as “serious tensions”. The statement did not identify a party, government decision or specific protest movement, but its publication comes amid widespread high-school and student demonstrations, social unrest, fiscal anxiety and a highly fragmented political climate ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The intervention is not isolated. In March, the bishops had already warned about “fractures” within French society and announced a national effort, based on Catholic social teaching, to help citizens discern the political issues of 2027. The Church of France is therefore beginning to de...