Cathorico : le chant du coq catholique

Le cuir, la rue, l’Évangile English summary Father Guy Gilbert, one of the most unconventional figures in French Catholicism, suffered a serious health incident in spring 2026 and spent two weeks in intensive care before entering a rehabilitation facility. Behind the famous leather jacket and street language lies more than sixty years of priesthood devoted largely to troubled young people. Ordained in Algeria in 1965, he later became a street priest in Paris and founded the Bergerie de Faucon in Provence, where generations of adolescents have been welcomed and educated through work, community life and contact with animals. Une précision sur son état de santé La bonne nouvelle qui circule de nouveau ces derniers jours n’est pas une annonce médicale du mois d’août. Elle reprend un communiqué publié par l’Association Père Guy Gilbert le 14 mai 2026 : après un « accident de santé » survenu environ deux semaines plus tôt, le prêtre avait pu quitter le service de réanimation pour ent...

Quand François Ier et Léon X redéfinirent les relations entre la France et Rome

  Deux récits, un même basculement English summary Two sharply opposed articles published in August 2026 offer competing interpretations of the evolution of Le Simone, a Catholic café and cultural venue in Lyon. Le Cri describes a gradual normalization of identitarian Catholic networks, while Boulevard Voltaire argues that the café has simply become more open to conservative voices previously marginalized. Both accounts nevertheless agree on several facts: the leadership changed in 2024, the programming has shifted, conservative and radical-right groups have used the venue, internal tensions have grown, and Le Simone continues to host events from other political and Catholic sensibilities. The real question is therefore less whether the café can be labelled “far right” than how a Catholic place committed to dialogue defines the limits of pluralism. Deux articles, deux lectures presque inverses Le café associatif Le Simone , situé rue Vaubecour à Lyon, est devenu en quelques jours...

  Marie, protectrice du royaume English summary The Feast of the Assumption long predates the French monarchy, but Louis XIII gave 15 August a unique national significance. On 10 February 1638, after years without an heir, the king placed himself, the Crown and the Kingdom of France under the special protection of the Virgin Mary and ordered an annual commemoration on the Feast of the Assumption. Nearly four centuries later, French bishops still use 15 August as an occasion to pray for the country. In 2026, that prayer is also dedicated to Pope Leo XIV’s forthcoming apostolic visit to France. Fête du jour : l’Assomption de la Vierge Marie Le 15 août , l’Église célèbre l’Assomption de la Vierge Marie, c’est-à-dire son entrée dans la gloire de Dieu au terme de sa vie terrestre. Louis XIII n’a évidemment pas créé cette fête. L’Assomption est beaucoup plus ancienne : sa célébration apparaît d’abord en Orient avant de se diffuser largement dans la chrétienté. L’Église catholique en fera...

La loi passe, la conscience résiste English summary On 14 August 2026, France’s Constitutional Council upheld the entire law creating a right to assisted dying, but imposed three important interpretative reservations. Pharmacists must benefit from a conscience clause, stronger safeguards are required for protected adults, and private institutions may refuse to organize assisted dying when it is manifestly contrary to their statutory mission or institutional project, provided another local facility can take over. For Catholic healthcare institutions, this is a significant but limited victory: the new right to assisted dying remains intact, while freedom of conscience receives constitutional protection. Saint du jour : Maximilien Kolbe, donner sa vie plutôt que prendre celle d’un autre Le 14 août, l’Église célèbre saint Maximilien Kolbe , franciscain polonais mort à Auschwitz en 1941. Il avait accepté de prendre la place d’un père de famille condamné à mourir. L’Église le vénère comme ma...