Ally of Pope Francis elected France's top bishop

Cardinal Aveline elected president of French bishops’ conference

Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline has been elected president of the French bishops’ conference, succeeding Archbishop Éric de Moulins-Beaufort as the Catholic Church in France continues responding to revelations of sexual abuse. / Credit: Laurent Coust... [...]

A “global rethinking” of the final document requested during the second synodal assembly of the Churches in Italy

PORTRAIT. Avenir, theologien, politique... Near Pope Francois, the cardinal-archveque of Marseilles, at the age of 66, took the head of the eveques. He had work to do.

Ally of Pope Francis elected France's top bishop

An influential French cardinal aligned Pope Francis's stances was on Wednesday elected France's top bishop, as the country's branch of the Catholic Church reels from child sex abuse revelations.

The archbishop of Marseilles was easily elected, on Wednesday 2 April in Lourdes, to the presidency of the Conference of Bishops of France (CEF). One more step in the ascension of a consensual figure.

Meeting in Lourdes on Wednesday, April 2, the bishops elected their new president. Thus, bringing together more than two thirds of the votes, it is the archbishop of Marseilles Jean-Marc Aveline who was appointed from the first round at the head of the Conference of Bishops of France (CEF), announced the instance in a communiqué, relayed by La Provence. "Elected for a three-year term, renewable once, he will take up his duties on July 1, followi…