A seemingly endless line advances silently, gently, to the wooden coffin, decorated with the alb and the stole of Father François Potez. Two thousand people in Saint-Sulpice, the largest nave in Paris, during these funerals celebrated this May 26, which will last three hours. With a sprinkling gesture, a sign of the cross or a short pause in silence, everyone says their last goodbye. This former naval officer who became a priest at the age of 31, who died on May 20 at the age of 71 as a result of pancreatic cancer, was for them a former classmate, a brother, a colleague, a spiritual guide, an educator, a priest… All, directly or indirectly, were marked by the “spiritual fatherhood” that he embodied, he who was known for his charisma among young people and couples and became a media figure.
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