As a fiercely secular nation, France has always had an awkward relationship with religious groups. Officials often find themselves struggling to strike the delicate balance between maintaining ...

France’s top administrative court ruled Tuesday against allowing body-covering “burkini” swimwear in public pools for religious reasons, arguing that it violates the principle of government neutrality ...

MARSEILLE, France — Walk around multicultural metropolises like Paris or Marseille, or any small village in the French countryside, and signs of faith are everywhere. Many Muslim women wear ...

PARIS—If France is a fortress of secularism, you wouldn’t know it from a Sunday morning visit to St. Denis. Jehovah’s Witnesses set up camp each week near the frenetic outdoor market. Muslims wear ...

In a secular state bruised by a string of jihadist attacks, religious education is a sensitive subject. But in recent years, France has cautiously begun developing religious education in schools.

How is it possible to speak of an end to the wars of religion in nineteenth-century France? The hypothesis that religious violence disappeared is based, in part, on the peace brought by the Concordat ...

PARIS (AP) — Critics say the bill covers ground already addressed in current laws, while far-right leader Marine Le Pen says the bill doesn't go far enough. PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers tackle a bill ...

PARIS (RNS) — Two of the most interesting photo ops of France’s current presidential election campaign took place last month 2,000 miles away in Lebanon — and they were all about religious optics. In ...

Paris — From attacks on “wokeism” to crackdowns on mosques, France’s presidential campaign has been especially challenging for voters of immigrant heritage and religious minorities, as discourse ...

Pope Francis said Wednesday that “the world is at war” as he addressed the slaying of a Catholic priest by radical Islamists in France, but he stressed it was not a war of religion. The killing of the ...

Like a snarling, wounded panther, outraged Catholic France crouched ready to spring upon its enemies. Indeed, its attitude was so menacing that it was difficult to see how pipe-puffing, anticlerical ...