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As a fiercely secular nation, France has always had an awkward relationship with religious groups. Officials often find themselves struggling to strike the delicate balance between maintaining ...
News France » Religion: France rules against burkini swimwear for religious reasons
France’s top administrative court ruled Tuesday against allowing body-covering “burkini” swimwear in public pools for religious reasons, arguing that it violates the principle of government neutrality ...
News France » Religion: From schools to the Olympics, how France's staunch secularism affects religion in public life
MARSEILLE, France — Walk around multicultural metropolises like Paris or Marseille, or any small village in the French countryside, and signs of faith are everywhere. Many Muslim women wear ...
News France » Religion: Is France Getting Religion?
PARIS—If France is a fortress of secularism, you wouldn’t know it from a Sunday morning visit to St. Denis. Jehovah’s Witnesses set up camp each week near the frenetic outdoor market. Muslims wear ...
News France » Religion: France: How to Tackle Religion in the Workplace | France : Quelles réponses apporter à la religion en entreprise
Due to the recent terrorist attacks and headlines on religious extremism across Europe, the question of restricting religious expression in the workplace is becoming more prevalent for French ...
News France » Religion: France treads fine line teaching religion in secular schools
In a secular state bruised by a string of jihadist attacks, religious education is a sensitive subject. But in recent years, France has cautiously begun developing religious education in schools.
News France » Religion: Tensions over race, religion in France's presidential race
Paris — From attacks on “wokeism” to crackdowns on mosques, France’s presidential campaign has been especially challenging for voters of immigrant heritage and religious minorities, as discourse ...
News France » Religion: Pope on priest killing: World is at war, but it’s not a religious one
Pope Francis said Wednesday that “the world is at war” as he addressed the slaying of a Catholic priest by radical Islamists in France, but he stressed it was not a war of religion. The killing of the ...
News France » Religion: French politicians avoided religion — until this presidential campaign
PARIS (RNS) — Two of the most interesting photo ops of France’s current presidential election campaign took place last month 2,000 miles away in Lebanon — and they were all about religious optics. In ...
News France » Religion: From schools to the Olympics, how France's staunch secularism affects religion in public life
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — As the world’s eyes turn to France, host of the Olympics in two months, this unique way to define the role of religion in public life is getting more scrutiny. MARSEILLE, ...
News France » Religion: FRANCE: Religion
Like a snarling, wounded panther, outraged Catholic France crouched ready to spring upon its enemies. Indeed, its attitude was so menacing that it was difficult to see how pipe-puffing, anticlerical ...