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  • 18 Oct 2007
    Muslims and Catholics cooperate on civic education of French imams

    The Great Mosque in Paris and the French capital city’s Catholic university are getting together to offer non-religious university education for home-grown imams, so as to help integrate foreign-born Muslim leaders in France.

  • 3 Aug 2007
    Darfur talks must not be allowed to falter, says church agency

    The UK and France should use what ever leverage they have over Chad and Eritrea to encourage them to help build a consensus among the Darfur rebels and bring a just peace to the Sudan killing fields, says a leading church agency.

  • 19 May 2007
    Religious leaders ask secular France for reconciliation dialogue

    French religious leaders are calling on newly-elected President Sarkosy to pursue a dialogue on national hramony with those who voted against him and who believe he is bad news for the marginalised.

  • 9 May 2007
    Sarkozy victory sparks disturbances across France

    The presidential election victory this week of neo-Gaullist Nicolas Sarkozy over his remaining rival, Socialist candidate Segolene Royal, has been met with riots and disturbances in many parts of France.

  • 3 May 2007
    Message of radical French priest still challenges church

    Dring his life, Abbé Pierre, a French priest who combined Catholic faith with a radical social message, shook both church and society. Following his death, his reflections have now been published in English.

  • 23 Apr 2007
    Mixed messages in France

    Early impressions of the result in the first round of the French general election suggest a mixed message about the nti-migrant right in Europe.