Some 230 Catholic media professionals gathered for three days at the world-famous Marian shrine in France for the 26th International Days of Saint Francis de Sales
does not come down to a ban on same sex marriage? the fact that there is no acceptance within the vatican, at least, that priest should be able to marry? that vatican, at least, that priest should be able to marry? that is a ruestion should be able to marry? that is a question that should be able to marry? that is a question that will should be able to marry? that is a question that will be should be able to marry? that is a question that will be needed - should be able to marry? that is a question that will be needed to i question that will be needed to ask, but i am not. the french report is it is not links to celibacy or sexuality, because for example you have a granddad that is a paedophile to his granddaughter, it is not about being straight or gay, he s a who was a paedophile, nothing about being straight or gay, so i don t think same sex marriage is directly related. it is not a solution. indeed so. xavier le normand, thank you so much for coming on the programme, extra
xavier le normand, reporter for the french based catholic publication la croix, joins me now. it is extraordinary, the figures we re talking about here. how did we not know this was endemic in the catholic church in france? how was it kept a secret for so long? first of all i it kept a secret for so long? first of all i think it kept a secret for so long? first of all i think we it kept a secret for so long? first of all i think we knew it - it kept a secret for so long? f “st of all i think we knew it was and amick, we did not know so far, it was the audi of the figures. gravity. as you havejust was the audi of the figures. gravity. as you have just said, was the audi of the figures. gravity. as you havejust said, it is a third of a million cases over the past 70 years. how did we not know? that s what we have to discover for the future weeks. hour discover for the future weeks. how did the victims discover for the future weeks. how did the victims react discover for
I built a cathedral in the land of Islam Exclusive interview with the just-retired Bishop Henri Coudray, a Jesuit missionary who spent the last 19 years as head of the tiny Catholic population in Mongo, Chad
The future bishop, Father Philippe Abbo, is of the same ethnic group - the Dadjo - as Saint Josephine Bakhita, the former slave who became a nun and was canonized by Pope John Paul II. (Photo by AMAURY HAUCHARD/AFP)
Bishop Henri Coudray is a French-born Jesuit who has lived in the north-central African country of Chad since the 1960s.
And for the last 19 years he s been the chief spiritual leader of Catholics in the Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo.