False information that swept social media over the weekend has lead to the French government being accused of running a 'Nazi style' regime. Here's what happened.
The day after Al-Qaeda’s 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, French newspaper Le Monde carried a front page headline which read: 'Nous somme tous Américains' (We are all Americans), writes John Lichfield.
French Catholics protesting a ban on large church gatherings during a month-long partial lockdown held street prayers in several cities over the weekend.
The French government’s response and rhetoric after the brutal killing of history teacher Samuel Paty has reignited a long-standing row and tensions around the place of Muslims in France. While faith leaders insist they are not persecuted, ordinary Muslims fear being stigmatised once again.
In an unusual move, France's Interior Minister went on TV on Tuesday evening to decry the 'ethnic foods' of supermarkets. Ingri Bergo examines the roots of this declaration.
President Emmanuel Macron unveiled
a plan Friday to defend France's secular values against radical Islam,
announcing stricter oversight of schooling and better control over foreign
funding of mosques.
Their nation born of revolt against Church and Crown, the French have long cherished provocation and irreverence as part of their revolutionary identity. And with it the freedom to blaspheme.
France's highest administrative court has ruled that the government must lift a blanket ban on meetings at places of worship imposed as part of measures to combat the coronavirus.
Auschwitz is not the first place that springs to mind if you want to fight intolerance and racism in France, but the Nazi death camp has been helping French Muslims and Jews get over their prejudices and learn to live together, writes Rory Mulholland.
Pilgrims to the holy town of Lourdes in southern France, lulled into carelessness by the promise of heavenly protection, are increasingly falling victim to pickpockets, local authorities say.
The fire-damaged structure of Paris' iconic Notre-Dame cathedral is so fragile that it could collapse under winds of more than 90km/h, claims a city engineer.
French Catholics on Sunday celebrated Easter mass in Paris in the shadow of the badly burned Notre-Dame Cathedral, praying that the landmark monument -- and along with it the entire Catholic Church -- can be renewed.
France's Interior Minister ordered police around the country to step up patrols at places of worship and increase security in the wake of the deadly attacks against two mosques in New Zealand on Friday.
French President Emmanuel Macron is set to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Tuesday. But what's the leader's history with the Catholic church so far?
While the role of Islam in French society has long been a divisive and inflammatory topic a new study suggests people in France are now more accepting of the religion.
Churchgoers in a posh part of Paris now have no excuse not to cough up for the collection at mass after the priest installed contactless bank card terminals for donations.
French churchgoers will begin reciting a new version of the Lord's Prayer on Sunday in which God will no longer have a direct hand in their temptation.
Nearly 37,000 people signed an online petition as of Thursday protesting against a French court order to remove a cross from a statue of the late Polish-born Pope John Paul II in Brittany, western France.
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.
A Jewish family was beaten, held hostage and robbed in their home near Paris because of their religion, French authorities and anti-hate groups have said.
Thousands of Catholic pilgrims gathered Tuesday for the traditional open-air mass in Lourdes during Assumption celebrations, as security remained tight across France after last week's car attack against a group of soldiers.
