The Head of State received, Wednesday January 5, in the presence of the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, and the Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmanin, the representatives of the main cults – Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, Jewish, Muslim and Buddhist – at the Élysée. The opportunity for him to address various topical issues: law strengthening republican principles, health crisis, restructuring of Islam in France, launch of a government mission to fight against the upsurge in anti-religious acts … then thanked for their mobilization against the pandemic, and underlined the “courage of the bishops” for having commissioned the report of the Independent Commission on sexual abuse in the Church (Ciase), published in early October 2021.
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