Visit of Pope Leo XIV to France: Four Questions on the Proposed Day in Private Schools
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The General Secretariat of Catholic Education has sent a note to private schools under contract, inviting them to make the coming of the sovereign pontiff a "real educational time", compulsory for pupils and teachers. An initiative that highlights the tensions around the notion of "cleanness" of these schools.
The institution that oversees private Catholic institutions under contract asked them to trivialize on Friday, 25 September, on the occasion of the visit of the pontiff to the Hexagon. A new offensive carried out in the name of the "clean character" of denominational schools.
For the Pope's arrival in France from 25 to 28 September 2026, Catholic teaching offered to his institutions to organize a day of reflection and debate with his students in place of the hours of classes.
While Pope Leo XIV is due to go to Paris on Friday, September 25, a notice addressed to private schools under contract on September 10 of this year arouses intense tension. In this internal note revealed by Libération, the General Secretariat of Catholic Education (Sgec) has asked its structures to trivialize this day's course entirely. A directive that provokes intense tension among the teaching teams.
The Syndicat général de l'enseignement catholique sent a note to the heads of private schools under contract, asking them to normalize the day of Friday, September 25, on the occasion of the arrival of Pope Leo XIV in France. A request that makes debate.
The General Secretariat of Catholic Education is polemic after proposing that the class day of Friday, September 25th be trivialized in private Catholic schools. This proposal...
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