In Tours a fine basilica was built on the site of a vast medieval church knocked down during the Revolution
Topic: French Revolution
The resilient French Church shows that Catholicism survives no matter how repressive the regime
Posted on Monday, 3 October 2011
Today’s Catholic must-reads: 22/06/11
Posted on Wednesday, 22 June 2011
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Why on earth did French revolutionaries persecute and murder enclosed nuns?
The fine parish church of St Jacques in Compiègne has a side chapel dedicated to 16 Carmelites martyred in the Revolution