US EditionMeuse. a Mass in "Honour" to Pétain Banned by the Mayor of Verdun
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The mayor of Verdun forbids a mass scheduled for Saturday in tribute to Pétain in a church in the city. Samuel Hazard denounces a ceremony that would honor a man "struck with national indignity" and fears of disturbances to public order. The organizing association, which had obtained the approval of the ecclesiastical authorities, envisages a legal remedy.
Mass was banned by the Mayor of Verdun who fears "serious disturbances to public order" in a national context "where anti-Semitism is experiencing an unprecedented increase".
The Mayor of Verdun, Samuel Hazard, banned a mass organized by the Association to defend the memory of Marshal Pétain, scheduled for Saturday.
A religious ceremony was to be held in a church in Verdun, in tribute to Philippe Pétain "and his soldiers". The mayor of the city took a decree to prevent the event.
The various left Samuel Hazard, took an order against the religious ceremony that was to be held on Saturday in a church in his commune in tribute to the working marshal "and his soldiers", he announced this Tuesday.
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"I will never accept a mass in Verdun in tribute to Pétain," said Mayor Samuel Hazard on social media.
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