Posted on 10/31/2017 10:04:56 AM PDT by Olog-hai
France’s highest court has demanded that a cross overhanging a statue of former Pope John Paul II be removed from a a square in a Breton town, provoking anger among those who believe France’s Catholic heritage is being destroyed.
The Conseil d’État (State Council) says that the presence of the cross goes against the 1905 French law which officially separates church and state.
The town of Ploërmel in the northwestern region of Brittany now has six months to remove the cross.
However the statue of the former pope can remain because, according to the council, the effigy of the pontiff “cannot, in itself, be regarded as a religious sign or emblem”.
”As the cross constitutes a religious sign or emblem as defined by Article 28 of the law of December 9th 1905 and its installation by the local authorities does not fall into any of the exceptions provided by this article, its presence in a public location is against this law,” said the Conseil d’État in a statement.
Politicians on the right and extreme right were quick to denounce the decision as an attack on France’s cultural heritage. …
(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.fr ...
Objection noted. So now it comes down to, “So what are you prepared to do about it?”
They must have been reading about what’s happening here with regarding religious icons that are being taken down due to court orders lest they offend.
maybe they are becoming afraid of calling God a liar..
Replacing the cross with their national white flag??? Surrendering to Islam???
Well, that's good... Now they will be able to put a statue of mohamad right next to the pope....
At least not yet.
Are they pulling down muzzie symbols too?
I remember they had a Civil War, too.................
As Our Lady told [St.] Bernadette in Lourdes, France, “I do not promise to make you happy in this life, but in the next.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF-ppDiopiU
Still, of course, we all hope and pray..
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