French Court Cancels Our Lady
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The statue was installed by a family after the Second World War in gratitude for the return of their father and son.
The court considered the statue a "violation" of the 1905 French law on the "separation of church and state" [= removing the church from public space].
Mayor Jean-Paul Héraudeau resisted the removal. French Catholic politician Karim Ouchikh, a convert from Islam, wrote on Twitter.com that his "heart bleeds when he sees how much our country denies its Christian roots."
Picture: © Louis-Pierre Laroche, Twitter.com, #newsIjoxxyryru
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