The practices of Mgr Luc Ravel will be audited. A canonical procedure whose outcome no one can predict. If there is a discreet place in the Church, it is the apostolic nunciatures. These embassies of the Holy See never communicate publicly. A custom that the nunciature of France broke on Thursday. Read alsoBishop Matthieu Rougé: … Read more
It is a decision that has gone unnoticed in the storm that has shaken the diocese of Fréjus-Toulon since the announcement, on June 2, of the postponement of ordinations at the request of the Vatican: Bishop Dominique Rey has suppressed the public association of faithful entitled “Saint-Benoît Monastery” by a decree issued on June 10. … Read more
We do not know the real reasons for the suspension of ordinations in the diocese of Toulon. It is, however, symptomatic of the tensions and difficulties that have arisen for more than twenty years in the Church of France. From the outside, we can understand several things. In the first place that clerics (priests, deacons) … Read more
Time of changes in the Archdiocese of Lecce. Yesterday morning the archbishop Michele Seccia gathered the diocesan clergy in Roca on the occasion of the usual day of the priesthood at the end of the pastoral year. During the meeting he made official the appointments of the new parish priests and other pastoral services which … Read more
Déplacée de Fréjus à Toulon en 1958, la résidence de l’évêque du Var est une coquette villa, engloutie par un jardin luxuriant. Il faut passer par une avalanche de fleurs, de palmiers et de buissons pour accéder au cénacle où Dominique Rey, 69 ans, administre son diocèse depuis 2000. Il est tentant de voir dans cette … Read more