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Lowering of flags for Pope Francis reignites secularism debate in France

Henry Blake
Henry Blake
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Banderas got off in front of the City Council in Lourdes, southwest of France, April 26, 2025.
Banderas got off in front of the City Council in Lourdes, southwest of France, April 26, 2025. Morgan Fache/Divergence for Le Monde

Twenty years after the death of Pope John Paul II, the death of Pope Francis on Monday, April 21, caused the same commemorative gesture of the French State and revived the same controversy over controversy over I secular“ Conception or secularism of France. As in 2005, the government of Prime Minister François Bayrou requested that the flags be reduced in public buildings on Saturday, the day of the pontiff’s funeral. In 2005, Bayrou had said about the decision of the predecessor Jean-Pierre Raffarin that “it does not correspond to the distinction between spiritual convictions and political or national elections.” The centrist, then a rebel ally of the Raffarin government, had said: “He would certainly have not made that decision.”

Twenty years later, the decision “was taken by Elysée [the presidency]According to the Prime Minister, “Chordination to the Office of the Prime Minister. Duration of his trip to the Indian Ocean at the beginning of the week, President Emmanuel Macron continuously sent messages to the Catholic community after the news of Francis Death’s father, Asday, Asdagateatateat, the Pope who created a community near Antararivo.

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