Cathorico : le chant du coq catholique

  Et si Pie XII avait vu juste dès 1944 ? ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🇬🇧 English summary On 3 May 1944, while France was still occupied, Pope Pius XII proclaimed Saint Thérèse of Lisieux a secondary patroness of France alongside Saint Joan of Arc , under the principal patronage of Our Lady of the Assumption. The choice was not merely devotional. Pius XII explicitly linked Thérèse’s patronage of France to her role as patroness of the missions , describing the country itself, devastated by war both materially and spiritually, as a field in need of missionary cultivation. More than eighty years later, the words sound unexpectedly contemporary. France is far more secularised, yet adult baptisms are rising sharply and a new generation is rediscovering Christianity. Perhaps Thérèse’s mission for France is not finished. Perhaps it is only becoming fully understandable now. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Le 1er octobre, la France fête aussi l’une de ses patronnes Le 1er octobre , l’Égli...

La ferveur passée, commence le travail ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🇬🇧 English summary Pope Leo XIV’s four-day apostolic journey to France produced extraordinary crowds, strong images and several important pastoral signals. Around 80,000 young people filled the Stade de France, approximately 800,000 attended the Paris Mass, some 150,000 gathered in Lourdes and 35,000 welcomed the Pope in Metz. Yet the real significance of the visit will not be measured by attendance figures. Leo XIV challenged the French Church to become more missionary, to welcome the growing number of catechumens, to address abuse with truth and reparation, to defend human dignity in public debate and to remain open to the poor, migrants and those searching for meaning. The Pope has now returned to Rome. The central question begins: can the exceptional fervour of September 2026 become a lasting renewal of Catholic life in France? ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✝️ 29 septembre : Michel, Gabriel et Raphaël Le lendemain...

  Le réveil qui déroute 🏛️ English summary French Catholicism remains profoundly marked by secularisation, declining inherited practice and fragile ecclesial structures. Yet another movement is now becoming impossible to ignore. In 2026, 13,234 adults received baptism in France, an increase of 28 per cent in one year, while more than 8,100 adolescents also entered the Church. The phenomenon is particularly visible among young adults. This does not constitute a restitutio of the old Catholic France, but perhaps the emergence of another form of Christian presence: less inherited, more voluntary, more personal and therefore potentially more demanding. The principal question is no longer merely quot baptizati? , how many are baptised, but whether parishes can transform this spiritual desire into durable Christian life. ✝️ Saint du jour : saint Aubert d’Avranches Le 10 septembre, l’Église fait notamment mémoire de saint Aubert, évêque d’Avranches , mort vers 725. Son nom reste insépar...

  Derniers réglages avant Paris English summary Four weeks before Pope Leo XIV’s apostolic journey to France, the entire presidency of the French Bishops’ Conference was received at the Vatican on 28 August 2026: Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, Archbishop of Marseille and president of the conference, together with vice-presidents Archbishop Vincent Jordy of Tours and Bishop Benoît Bertrand of Pontoise. The Vatican has not disclosed the content of the meeting. Its timing is nevertheless significant, as the Pope prepares for a four-day journey through Paris, Saint-Denis, Lourdes and Metz, during which he will meet political authorities, clergy, young people, catechumens, bishops, the sick and representatives of civil society. Cardinal Aveline has said that French Catholics expect Leo XIV not only to encourage them, but also to offer a “road map” for the years ahead. Saint du jour : le martyre de saint Jean-Baptiste Le 29 août , l’Église célèbre le martyre de saint Jean-Baptiste . L’Évang...

La génération qui revient English summary Around 2,500 young Catholic professionals from across France are expected at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre from 28 to 30 August for the fourth Santos Festival, organised by the national 25-35 network of the French Bishops’ Conference. Prayer, Mass, conferences, workshops, music and informal gatherings will address some of the questions currently reshaping French Catholicism: the unprecedented rise in adult baptisms, secularisation, artificial intelligence, work, end-of-life issues, poverty, ecological conversion, Church unity and evangelisation through social media. More than a summer festival, Santos offers a revealing portrait of a generation that is more explicitly Catholic, socially diverse and willing to discuss doctrinal as well as contemporary questions. Saint du jour : Césaire d’Arles Le 26 août , l’Église de France fait mémoire de saint Césaire d’Arles , évêque de la fin de l’Antiquité, grand prédicateur et organisateu...