The staircase was found in the Church of Saint Philibert in Dijon, France. The Romanesque church dates back to the second half of the 12th century, according to the French National Institute for ...

Before the French Revolution, at the end of the 1700s, the Catholic Church had a strong presence in France. By then, many monumental churches had been built all over the country, a symbol of the ...

The Catholic Church in France has called on prosecutors to investigate allegations of serious sexual abuse by the once ...

The French church has formally requested that prosecutors open an investigation into Abbé Pierre, a once-revered priest and humanitarian icon who died in 2007, following new revelations of sexual viol ...

PARIS (Reuters) - France's Catholic Church called on prosecutors on Friday to open a probe into sexual assault accusations ...

A dispute over a project to cure hams in a bell tower underscored the difficulties that churches in France face trying to pay for restorations. A view of the cathedral in the Cantal area of France ...

Photo from Christophe Fouquin and Inrap Archaeologists restoring a medieval church in France uncovered a forgotten staircase. They followed it and found themselves in a 400-year-old vault ...

Restoration efforts at the Church of Saint Philibert in France led to the discovery of a forgotten staircase and a 400-year-old burial vault. The archaeological finds didn’t stop there, with experts ...

I wish them to know that France is often at the heart of the Pope’s prayers; he cannot forget all that she has contributed to the Church in the course of twenty centuries! The principal reason ...

PARIS — The French Catholic Church has formally requested that prosecutors ... and he was often regarded as the conscience of France. The allegations against Abbé Pierre surfaced posthumously ...