Category: France
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YCW chaplain Henri Caffarel declared venerable
Pope Leo has approved a decree declaring venerable Henri Caffarel, a French YCW chaplain who later founded the Teams of Our Lady movement.
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YCW and YCS martyrs beatified at Notre Dame
Twenty YCW and YCS leaders, chaplains and seminarians were beatified alongside a group of Scouts and Catholic Action chaplains at Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, on Saturday 13 December 2025.
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Homily of Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich
This is the homily of Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, himself a former chaplain of the JEC and the JOC, at the beatification of the JOC martyrs, JEC members and scouts at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Saturday, 13 December, 2025.
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YCW & YCS martyrs beatified at Notre Dame
The Diocese of Paris has announced that 50 martyrs of the faith including more than twenty YCW and YCS leaders will be beatified at Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris on 13 December 2025.
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French YCW and YCS leaders to be beatified
The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Causes of Saints has recognised the martyrdom of more than twenty French YCW and YCS lay leaders as well as chaplains and seminarians linked to the movements.
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Rebel bishop Jacques Gaillot has died
France’s “rebel bishop” Jacques Gaillot, who was removed from his Normandy diocese of Évreux by Pope John Paul II in 1995 after 13 years died of cancer on 12 April aged 87, The Tablet reports.
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Jean Boulier’s “I was a Red Priest” and the Holocaust
Book review of the English translation of YCW pioneer, Fr Jean Boulier.
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Reaching the peripheries: France’s Worker Mission
Is this a model for Australia and other countries?
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Movements pioneered alternative seminary formation
France’s University Formation Group for seminarians who continue their academic studies is celebrating its 50th anniversary