How France handles its strict secularism as it prepares for a papal visit
- PARIS -- A four-day visit by Pope Leo XIV beginning Friday that will feature large public gatherings, popemobile parades and an open-air Mass in Paris presents France with a balancing act under its strict approach to secularism, known as laïcité.
- “France is an indivisible, secular, democratic and social Republic,” the country’s Constitution states.
- Secularism guarantees the freedom to believe or not to believe, as well as the freedom to practice a religion as long as it does not disturb public order.
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- PARIS -- A four-day visit by Pope Leo XIV beginning Friday that will feature large public gatherings, popemobile parades and an open-air Mass in Paris presents France with a balancing act under its strict approach to secularism, known as laïcité.
- “France is an indivisible, secular, democratic and social Republic,” the country’s Constitution states.
- Secularism guarantees the freedom to believe or not to believe, as well as the freedom to practice a religion as long as it does not disturb public order.
Sources: ABC News