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Why France Is Losing One Religious Building Every Two Weeks One religious building is disappearing in France every two weeks. That is the conclusion of Edouard de Lamaze, president of the Observatoire du patrimoine religieux (Observatory of Religious Heritage) in Paris. He is raising the alarm in the French media about the gradual disappearance of religious edifices in a country known as the “eldest daughter of the Church” because the Frankish King Clovis I embraced Catholicism in 496. Lamaze’s appeal for increased awareness came after a fire destroyed the 16th-century Church of Saint-P...

The Separation of Church and State The pope who called the Lateran Council was Theodore, but he died before the council was convened; the new pope, Martin, would preside over the council; the year was 649.  Never before was an ecumenical council called without being convened by the Roman Emperor.  This was a council was called by the bishop in Rome without the authority of the emperor in Constantinople. The immediate issue was that of Monothelitism, but for purposes of this post the issue is secondary.  It is sufficient to note that this doctrine was developed as some sort of middle gro...

Detail of Lorina Bulwer's embroidery - Credit: Archant The county's museums and galleries have some excellent X-rated exhibits. Bollock dagger - Bollock daggers, also known as kidney daggers from Victorian times to save the blushes of anyone reading about the medieval weapons, were carried by everyone from peasants to knights. They were not only a supplementary fighting weapon, alongside swords, but also used as knives for cutting anything from vegetation to food. The name comes from the two oval protrusions on the hilt. You can see a great example at Norwich Castle Museum. Bollock dagger at...

Detail of Lorina Bulwer's embroidery - Credit: Archant The county's museums and galleries have some excellent X-rated exhibits. Bollock dagger - Bollock daggers, also known as kidney daggers from Victorian times to save the blushes of anyone reading about the medieval weapons, were carried by everyone from peasants to knights. They were not only a supplementary fighting weapon, alongside swords, but also used as knives for cutting anything from vegetation to food. The name comes from the two oval protrusions on the hilt. You can see a great example at Norwich Castle Museum. Bollock dagger at...

The surprise discovery in Aisne contained the 800-year-old mummified remains of Abbot Albéric de Braine 1 February 2021 Abbot Albéric de Braine’s tomb was discovered by two children taking part in a local public digBy Connexion journalist Two children taking part in a dig to initiate the public into the workings of archaeologists made a surprise discovery – a tomb with the 800-year-old mummified remains of an abbot. Sister and brother Alyssa and Alban Chambard, aged eight and 10, realised they had found something exciting and alerted experts from the association which had organised the...