US Edition"Hommage" to Pétain: Justice Allows a Mass in Memory of the Former Marshal Despite Protests
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The controversy surrounding the tribute to Marshal Pétain in Verdun is intensifying. The Prefect of the Meuse complains about revisionists. About 100 demonstrators expressed their disagreement in front of the church.
At the end of the Mass celebrated in memory of the Marshal, a member of the Association pour la défense de la mémoire du Marshal Pétain declared that he had been "the first resistant of France".
VIDEO - The mayor of Verdun, Samuel Hazard, had by decree forbidden a religious ceremony in tribute to Philippe Pétain to be held this Saturday, November 15 in his city. Justice has wronged him this Friday by authorizing this ceremony. Mayor Various left however does not intend to remain the...
The Mass in honour of Marshal Pétain will finally be held this Saturday at the church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Verdun. Despite the opposition of the mayor, the administrative court of Nancy has authorized this tribute... Read article Verdun: the Mass in homage to Marshal Pétain authorized by the justice appeared first on Current Values.
A religious ceremony in tribute to Marshal Pétain and his soldiers was authorized by the Nancy Administrative Court on Friday, as "not likely to cause public disorder."
The office at the origin of the controversy was organized by the Association to defend the memory of Marshal Pétain. First forbidden by the various left mayor Samuel Hazard, the Mass finally took place after the authorization of the administrative court of Nancy.
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