{"id":1945,"date":"2020-08-07T02:20:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T02:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=1945"},"modified":"2020-08-07T02:20:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T02:20:12","slug":"frances-cathedrals-on-fire-the-final-stage-of-de-christianization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=1945","title":{"rendered":"France\u2019s Cathedrals on Fire: \u2018The Final Stage of De-Christianization\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>France\u2019s Cathedrals on Fire: \u2018The Final Stage of De-Christianization\u2019?<\/strong><br>Posted on July 27, 2020 by Giulio Meotti, <em>Cultural Editor, <\/em>Il Foglio July 25, 2020 at 5:00 am<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u201cThe desecration continues to grow in Europe. Recent acts on statues of the Virgin Mary in French churches show how much these gestures are the result of barbaric hatred. They call for reactions. Catholics can no longer remain silent\u201d. \u2014 Cardinal Robert Sarah, January 10, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u201cWe must try everything, while it is still possible, to save our civilization. Our civilization is the Greek, Roman, Judeo-Christian heritage\u201d.<\/li><li>\u2014 Alain Finkielkraut, author, <em>L\u2019Opinon<\/em>, December 17, 2013.<\/li><li>If France keeps failing to protect its Christian identity, France as we know it will cease to exist; it will become a different place entirely.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>. The recent fire at the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul of Nantes on July 18 is believed to have been started deliberately. Only a year ago, a massive blaze nearly totally gutted the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. After that, the historic Church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris caught fire, as well as the Basilica of Saint Denis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Pictured: Firefighters work to put out the flames at the Cathedral of Nantes on July 18, 2020. (Photo by Sebastien Salom-Gomis\/AFP via Getty Images)<br>A leading curator of New York\u2019s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Keith Christiansen, was criticized for posting on Instagram a painting of Alexandre Lenoir saving France\u2019s monuments from the ravages of the French Revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Christiansen <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-yfIk-i770YukDNUB2B4zVcKZzbXTpGKYl99rWS1Ul9-0ZtJWkuJpEW-Swt6fQXxLP2s2aYVywmLfn8rj5s0g6aKAeWh8enNXK4764O3wEya-jVpZLYz5NzYNcVKPzsFj_HxhZUymML4szDhNvu8nRdfr0TpZ906NKxE0xTim9-M=&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a>: \u201cAlexandre Lenoir battling the revolutionary zealots bent on destroying the royal tombs in Saint Denis. How many great works of art have been lost to the desire to rid ourselves of a past of which we don\u2019t approve. And how grateful we are to people like Lenoir who realized that their value \u2014 both artistic and historical \u2014 extended beyond a defining moment of social and political upheaval and change\u201d.<br>Christiansen was criticizing the current removal and desecration of historic monuments. He could not have known that, a few weeks later, another French cathedral would be vandalized and an ancient organ, which had survived Lenoir\u2019s revolutionary zealots, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-OLgg7cg_tZHoglsm8VXN7PNVmmRy54xZapzVYH1Apv-fDxW6W74_Un02Ky4BtcUvwoiUwCQ9cHP-gzy7zOlb9oT-dK9RcjVLNty_lWZovCyq-pu0blNAIU2OYn7WS9sg3QeI5wpHoiKVa9OUdGJYhA==&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">destroyed<\/a> by the blaze.<br>The fire at the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul of Nantes is <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-YwWw0xUVrs_IvmUICu9cmoCtSpZQvw7tgncpXZmqIyraUv7H0jCHyDqc1ti1-zx55bMusLAbWM-pDdbj49BHHoCwRkanImuaMPOWVeUWgeFz22CO19mgaQ==&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">believed<\/a> to have been started deliberately. It was only a year ago that a massive blaze nearly totally <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-SQadwoiI3XsSsSjvfzMhEva3fnNBmxAFGAm14ovXJn6qG_Xm15yaW4b3ZlcQh5lZMN4zZuPSAW0tPRUbBcQswUckdkJsWU5ABxOXP60LIxzCs-lUX0CToMyTpjvpy4Opze3OozVAyf3E4PjjoMteQw==&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">gutted<\/a> the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. After that, the historic Church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-9Z0fjmOtpcQKPshvU9sPTuMrVGGNNLgpL3mWDgx70bgW1AtbJWYcuGf8k2m1ERB2DE98TuCR7oxpjVQzw_yvfmK2mEy_eRWwXr0mA6YNiyLKS1qFVGhyIEFg_FSulsdw8cj5s2YbSXi1hzn5LKsTQDRCa_vAlN1TLe9Sb7i-W2GgQVWRmHpHT2EMo_eEBQckSq8i445r7Tl4WDwVXH680qMs5w3QaMHyr-7f-tOV188=&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">caught fire<\/a>, as well as the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-AQy2JlnyfeHmytBGih8VpmMU7JlY3OKM_p--iEP0nFtJCfvTu96AJq7yS9DE8Nb_A0JqSamrvs47QP9-rt9PcrG6q-9qdaqbd7Ql5WWTip0iQWB5OU7yts6bhbyrmbllnILCCR4_7PJZuI97WNpibnmpKtie9QuE5nDl_gbWUM8U4XnF-4Y0aacyGjt4ZUdu3W1BWy0lHMp0Pz4vVZTa8PCouOv0zPtF&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">Basilica of Saint Denis<\/a> (the same depicted in the painting posted by Christiansen).<br>\u201cThe fire in Nantes Cathedral, after Notre-Dame de Paris, should make our elites reflect on the great disorder and the great change, decivilization is underway\u201d, Philippe de Villiers, the author and former French minister <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-BMY9oB4QXVbTXFnizm4jdU4-chM-p-6UTkMOYGkh8xfow317gMq2aqFKJNXRYAWvnZzlvqaVrvvv2hkY_SSonQvzHZv9IWp_KgtbcWFXCnWZ88J8MKM245XkWdyQNDbjVYvBQKq7QqJD54Zxxw44eK_16CFN5YLujuzW-ZAFvs8VhAiWpB9P8a6ZXDL1mXPOUyvbo_PpzW98BexVcul9mOlDJJcILLje&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">commented<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u201cIn France there is a low-noise destruction of the Christian roots\u201d, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-H9p7JTm0iVMzr77brpz9GWnQudJxVO_MXdfaWNluridC0030LohSSSqQTDoaQSUv6W5R5n_rPk0ZMbLCCda6VSfidjYojXby5X2n-656ftMsRLmjCCSx0M04dNJbdNhbfQgD9uTvXQE6bEL9u1NHZW_MfPHWXcKVirEr2VhZgrYgvvEN7zqf9glJPIsF9ASrCe-vqZKDIymGgyyGUuEGV27hcZ7BOksUKy5H4Vo7T7u_GM2qNbrWolvXQFycvcWw&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> the philosopher Michel Onfray. \u201cThere are about one or two anti-Christian acts a day and it takes a burning cathedral to start talking about it\u201d.<br>Six major French cathedrals and churches have caught fire during the last year and a half: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-9Fv3C8fy6HwqaAmPNug8XwBXwpn-SI_F2htPzNaSxJ6esrieh7rCWyyr0MS29aE5ueOrh-Ly83Dw9n11YScgOArfR7kEZJ_B0jDmfog9LuVIw4m65zPrUw==&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">Notre Dame<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-3xscQ0j68PTx3C7rfvMiBeYf61BGGeozOdYrYQNzwm-lbtTvwgZWNwIDSp67Ca-KcoXGVBuBDKaq5eWdBJH-rMBvbwr7Lv_l7oloraVS4_0TrPB1jXtHNylg0r6nHVF-umSu81tYPdUdG21uJwmPd3KsKFRhQV3IbuRJku-9Z61Kj7OkHQDuWqRFM6XK-NCu9lVZj0U12Eo=&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">Nantes<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-SVbskKymaWLZ13C5YqC4j2b682oIb-gY24tq7M1HiSaySvtwpfnW8HYxmuLHovTxjWaW9e5WzULPtUH84RTsQwD20C5Vx5BY_H4c6Ifrj4GtkwMfT1GQhKC2IhZHIWwe2S0dMPmGVlqARls6Ti4UyEyhfpW0jSOiP_O4B29_YdSsSp8Xkrjur_xcIP5th6Py1gFYpS8kq_2Q33-rpO6eeA==&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">Rennes<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-jJV7wI7HBBpRIqqKziPNOTEGIReWlQAGXzrvR_LWwCDl9cF2_meHARl1WcXHQf5b3CYG56QHd2YeY9Ot93mfIh5vXXxm_UgXJW9l9kDoBgPQfvcmA1TO-C407YxU-SU9du0J5NkpkVSq22QpT-A81I7c_UXGk9vWIpIUc-oC1ElzK1ns1M1McPVwEUXyThgBwRSxKQ_mpstQ2ZLFeaYAFg==&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">Saint-Sulpice<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-YGkPpf3aYtJp6nxh7CxEPpkF0P0-7ECz5UyCNIhwFCAberoP_wlKjclm8Q8dCr6cb5BpvOBJJcIG_UQ7XTDRHTxAchPQtBYA4ugTHnIiMsYE5kMx6yCUHutpCVomPExoHpnT_zejXVflotZsuzObx59RfypBJMdhh8kKV6t7XkkPqgV7k6HAw9ZV_2b4n3-c57qH03HreszEGQaqZev63Q==&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">Lavaur<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-NvGCcqfxLBEVeQiXaG5OXbiROTa1GzKF9x7efr0orRsI1gZIreFzL7snMj5auhhOIpy3rsToVEZOdfSEiJT6fpx6OfC3cw-3L35R14NtainfvUR9bE776OtLq7Dy5vF52xGSj_ZgeWVulsIEhLT-gGtojSshlrOetoSRH3ojv6fI3raGLOy75R6OAzsY9Q-4lbl05dB9ZDU=&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">Pontoise<\/a>. Perhaps that is why historian R\u00e9mi Brague <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-HqhJDpMI6El0JP2z6859tc97OROpFW_LOEikYG6NB21okARdgE2CWxv4Ro1zsUqkJxNXQ-D3L4fQAbITsTEYKDaw22eHgV26GFMLOuCdMvWdwIndnfpgxzUEQy9nOsZqNyzC1xQmX0okAB53ea10WA==&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">called<\/a> the fire at Notre Dame \u201cour 9\/11\u201d. The Observatory of Religious Heritage <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-hFUe1JYcCFqx8iUYKd5PPnls8JN4vPpSCsIe8-FGbCy06GTO8c-MhJvl82n0Ypi5AH4sqOD-RALiEa-bNGoQ-P2PSrUgdoSl24YswhDaJKYd0O0quMuw5WhrQ0iJ-lnWFeYI5DGtd7UdciAsUVi4ETRBuNR5iju53DOzWkt16gzezF4VccofvECZ9zHOPkIR&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">listed<\/a> a total of 20 French churches that caught fire in just one year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.<br>Little publicized and less condemned, attacks against Christian places of worship in France are multiplying and reaching alarming proportions. The Nantes fire was simply the latest in a succession of church destructions that have been going on for years and have apparently not scandalized anyone.<br>Four years ago, the Saint-Nicolas Basilica in Nantes was almost <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-oZ03af3fQyzUehClj6rMnPkCWeefjYVNXaXq-o-hGzM9McEc05_AXHrg3V2xGPxiYBs-GqpDzxZAhNKKrNyJ3VnFHpTD9OMM2-B6ldZ5Fi-fgeRFIQkgapEpbc2tGLG8Fn-zIJzN9WkxaU55Z_-zn_M9c7qjQzdt1qR3Ye0TcOZ8f6SXTvXmlA==&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">destroyed<\/a> by fire. It had completed a renovation in 2014 and was in perfect condition. The first reports in the French media about the vandalism of churches were <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-9jHWIuSDuXOPbBb4Ks7jFpngOdvhJJu_nccba7eLGoYT-8AgTDxsiyAAQE0KLG0yop7bymjHX70LnCJMrhkBzU8SmS2ghIMlV9BEuqE6KtFVzi5FKeixYJLhdz85VDEM8lTTQn3TlI8YXKzFy0DTHhtcMH7onnXm_rjdTO6c23oBJ76XPKDd3mEy0Ah5-IKYOprdnSLpbOlDSLjUEB8OM3l8aJl6gzNb9wHIeNIodrg=&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> ten years ago. Last year, there was one week in which four French churches were <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-4ieGxU4xakOb0a-YOHmH76iybtaPf154dVldlgzll6ymTeXROeDQuPsK5WuWJKDW5LFO_sP2tHWWH1S84AX82v8-OtMgmWMggdgYp3d-0e5tpZOfT0c6E7QYoApKMPzJ9yGor8f50pjpHP-ODzX4REo9GoENb9u_HtHSanLmGjjKOB4iwIVvPg==&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">desecrated<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Cardinal Robert Sarah, a Guinean prelate of the Catholic Church, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-UCEcHgYwat6KwJIWMFGSxoqjeW2DyzzC6audP9LUmgfSJ1CeOwKEYMl-j7BryGj2K1XIgBdjmSzBa119Zbb6xon3lobdx0ok0JneuB_ShZwsD2AiMH_ycAcn15JDpJkpMlLpPtUuy2sld1xmAiAiiw==&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a>: \u201cThe desecration continues to grow in Europe. Recent acts on statues of the Virgin Mary in French churches show how much these gestures are the result of barbaric hatred. They call for reactions. Catholics can no longer remain silent\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Cardinal Sarah <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-oj8pJvbl5cUuG1nLdUQmj_1xw550388QqKR5k371rffwFBvgKCkiMUF12AdzFR0t0kMNMifr3j3L6U69hneDoznG3jIsyNksBPNb8sAyg0YXpQY_-ZKb0SRxShwELB5c-3ihgomkULg=&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">added<\/a>: \u201cDesecration and vandalism in churches are the sad reflection of a sick civilization that gets caught up in the net of evil. Bishops, priests, faithful must keep strength and courage\u201d.<br>Some secular public figures have spoken out against the attacks. \u201cHands off my church!\u201d read the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-S9o13zzGkW54Mjw4IY6B6XorLokRlNvDpNc-7a22lUuHEf_mLZ2FHyiwZ26RnwZTYi8vul6x1UZUeKbrrHtfnMWuTK87UxINckASerF104EtAVhwYPY3FUOTNoVytt2sGEpNaX2c1UBuzlJifL_Na8SOllimIvRG-pzewFDwEDUkvpV1_L2sBs3KqHrBX7ILVPI80bfiTmbiTmUG3xyhaS8Savo9P1yEUF_OA0-Dartlcj_B_l-OH98tGfbSnGicOWW037GzbVZHd3JdbcmjVwDBxvwUXeFfVaS914jjoPQ=&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">title<\/a> of a French petition of writers, journalists, politicians and university professors, who demanded the protection of churches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Religious affairs expert Nina Shea <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-A4IUYCdiQG9p5SW8UlM4zSIe-uYt3bjG25ph3QaeWO5QPOlsk9dv2IU_5MSeKuqCHpTYFx2bs8B-GYX13kwdZRXFJGv5Cdf9JEWn4FzENyfbP8FGrC310EJVDSo-0-U6aJn4H1RYN98=&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a> that the perpetrators are anarchists, thieves, militant leftists, Satanists and Islamists, who all share the same hate for France and Western civilization. Anti-Semitism seems to go hand-in-hand with anti-Christian sentiment. In France, synagogues are protected \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-u3O1uyKCEV_704RSFtlDiv-PZRIB2JLk0PuVTZX3hXKVS_Hu6fcx0h30lwvHU6ntAc1CaCbpYFBkR2U5nIfUfps3tIhrWxB6cPZri_nYgl0UBJMJDfXuD-B94zQcXP4QSs8uTNoboq0o6AZbX5IDwNvt570j0J834jdcmbmjrWt3LKrEfg5HH15w-DA5oTbf&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">like fortresses<\/a>\u201c; Jewish schools have been <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-Qrg0MoNJRnmzQi7gqqK5svYeM-812hlKoEuRf9WqlqjaGqVS_lIj21yEvyN6N0DYaIVkTKAsFYWr2R8JMoz5jaZ0CFiJ67uj72ZzYd88pyn4T-hGunP8O9YlLyLXsT5gl7ikLXn369hYipdtEQtbY-8cer7rF3ijv1BmWdcu8Af0dpktyrvzeEW3HT_NamTfIZGk67wKUTWgHTOOk_8W3w==&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">targeted<\/a> by terror attacks, and Jews have been <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-Wpc0s8MN7yjVWKQ81mT75wXnsPsTOCd4k82Sy6TzPaEmVEQYDXUsWKw4vyqOt5UEMWqX_15ukRSiDhG1QTUtiXYNo0bxfRXwDe65wExTjXONVeMsbsjw-LNRvXfjGTwlAxG3_Qf17pACIvwrlxCJzFDidVQL15j_LkM7QleAGC7GUMoataypsMoDGlmpdiCn&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">advised<\/a> not to wear any religious symbols for their own safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Anti-Christian incidents have <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-pj69AVuaqL5WPCjDqtfg1RYWz2sJE2hx72v4wzkcDnoeZ-y4jCZ5merg54Cmcp_xp5eNWlycHbgjiBuLHRsCAtyz3pxmiWFnHz_N0CIzdU2XrJwAYEzyXV_Qfe84py3L-2KXU5YIC_jx_qNpFc8hQiGBx_dLA7yOWrRP5I8a82QZniPE9ie-yNJR8lvIIb3MmY_s18Rt197BAu9XcP6FJKxpLZFMcYry&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">risen<\/a> by 285% between 2008 and 2019. The magazine <em>Reveue des deux mondes<\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-38aS3CHfWFmnShJvzDe50NYMDzRbmVujeI8QaSsz2OWmfqM3jxiH3FhcAmT6Od3MH6RWVVPc64_HEGNz-kcv9Ph_73IEPHuYvlJXgBdh90wkgPy2F5BSpomco8DdnZOeJv0sObYsul3iTZ84dn0mFLuuZrL5g5Bw&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">called<\/a> the attacks on churches \u201cthe tragedy of French churches\u201d. In addition, more than 5,000 French churches are <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-IKrgFA0vcppOjFwSN8QOd7Azsx6tu3Tryhk9cbaJMJ4ISo3OETAZULWk4kgyLBVWCarOtjCa2dgo59fq_cAd_Xqi7eUt25Ii8lEZMr5ALRHrZii4lpRGHYZfpwfX3w7vgtryVvK7A3vCKASDOcOWJKRDRfTYpilzCYTV1j0sBRrR6WTcZ18wgh-UTLRqttYeUUmdf0SPGaCfnefete3pWA==&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">threatened<\/a> because of their decaying structures. 875 (of) France\u2019s churches were <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-v8Zn9HjZufPqB7mjQJlIVHCFLGf5eUxUAEBulcdh6DdZY49-1RrgDSeaZuOP5uK-4kjbLpRqUuonISYUUKKd_qbewefLFbsH0s43GpLjlRVNFwQHtLmxvARdDveTZs_e9KG16IEPprcXY0BxderYJLj5h-sqUY2USIT2B3VXucAKL4q0qIrYIwRQZdse7e_G&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">vandalized<\/a> in 2018. In 2019, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-xXG5cnVsijaeMGwajEZodZtheJ2GKK0UePznezmyvmiTQ12_SDrchfAit6frkKjPOavdA1YRWsHjVTTWQkBG65RJQ2Es9QZeWcCgP248yd2NC4yNBJu-UJk0n3EDgrXifwmOiKhXMu6qzw2AxhZAZF4bEHallaCwge4aUL1MnYBSWNHXMCUKxxIBpADzSBc9yMMgu97zpq-NoRE3qSi8IjHrIru-ZjsMQDUVfZfElzDi_QlEBjTX1Q==&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">1,052<\/a> anti-Christian acts took place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u201cI think there is a rising hostility in France against Christianity and the symbols of Christianity\u201d, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD--FJO89NKKrVHM4RMQc7WRvSmuRlbbzoHPA6IiViHY4iUkgs_fgYFE2Bo8UtYSIGuqblMPBZT8bNLqKnd_0_Nw8DZioRTxP9pE4NzLMSR7_iNB40VE5UZLRXmyY1pZvHpLMAaPOrqrwqz2qLzmr966YODS1N4ZrbM3N4tMyIMKN5LrasYnO8xpssL4oYcl3Fy&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">noted<\/a> Ellen Fantini, director of the Vienna-based Observatory of Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u201cEvery day, at least two churches are profaned\u201d, French MP Valerie Boyer told <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-Z_kkPvZMIPfGx-pQ5MX2tTrlCcMvlBiXldlXE4fuzTiX5fP1vWtmWf0rWZwOcbLpBqEVH5195tlPS0aZkntqB03S-qXQYOHCNKBCANwJWNj7xJnWrDBf58fGAnZP_pi7Lozo1lP8WGOYuYW5U0YDsEV1ilyNpYdOPMMLBvbmc--hF1UjxW_UHg==&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">the Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Gilbert Collard, MP of the National Rally party, compared the fire in Nantes with the recent decision by the Turkish authorities to convert the former Cathedral of Hagia Sophia into a mosque. \u201cThe symbols go up in flames\u201d, he <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-CwgiCY-6Pvk7QuBnTtrCgeaiEOxNRaixUH8u-Mt2_92JXdGaRlOhQ_XeHI5WyXmMCBYNl973gij_6V8ZE-2QWKWvspe5TDw8kxqECFyQf_OPZzDsN4D2JdK7Odc5mD8AeryPluiWakPfxcq67f83w9Byb2D-JpXnG--shYItskmiJfw73f4vxnhiqC3wARXuR4nS7T-fag8=&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>In recent years, French churches have also been targeted by a series of provocations and attacks by Islamists. Dalil Boubakeur, rector of the Grand Mosque in Paris and the president of the French Council of Muslim Faith, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-ttMRRxDACr2Fy63OvpaiXfhSDsoWORMZRjKu99lexMmLUVzSCZ3SsX6Aq-qpYe6rFnL3FhNUsuSBYis2lbBGTha4LxDfaPBuBZ2UciXzMMJMasEEKl4e3XPuEBU_KdfTq7ROkGeGtQyONlU-bIjFysCUJj1tSFiDk5ok5F_0DnrCkMCMBT3laAyocXXgkUshCo14tf3p2BQhkl4HD6sW_A==&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">asked<\/a> France to turn the country\u2019s empty churches into mosques. In Saint-\u00c9tienne-du-Rouvray, in northern France, two Islamic State terrorists <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-vGPNB6eITme39YmVBEzxQVPuv8izx1qTwhIi0EwKkgKWNzcJ5FBx82SYNBorb_HWYWjCDjv4dGTA8aNUixKDGBl5RuxppE6CDaYQsqhA7bIWqoiCBpGvaQ==&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">killed<\/a> Father Jacques Hamel during a morning Mass. The shock was immediate and immense. Islamists were also <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-SD0zCtrhrXLJV29QyodjOOokHOVkWK9iODjicCLmSGaIB7twtRsqhMzrbFe63Ye6PxLZuNahSt2K6ui8wmjEpnqdotaS2Jb4jYq-5t9almU=&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">planning<\/a> to strike Notre-Dame de Paris and actually did succeed in conducting an ISIS-inspired terrorist attack on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-ZMeZ0TIsP383JWq6cDJzjpR9xW8KjdjQ3jhzot7tmMBQu32RceMvRBqSleyP6ULRc8izN8hzYIgLQpaOFlw8jgkBYDMHcrN3pvdT8GgLWi3ja-Qgvv0QxY0pi8oXMVBBvlMIiOEC3_0l_AOt9FhwOCJVs-tRY8A91ZOABpXR58rzKP5SJrl0mQqaOEGq10btzWfHJO842dxCpstWrD837QVOoJ9M8FCS2no-JRzY9wl5GANHser3rt9HYTAKFHEw_OevOCJa8IEYrBfu61nrZbFXKJax0HUruz1wWhpyfTNNGj9qOgSu38Vjopi_pMosWGhZ2IkPOBrFLeRZqSqH42bLNIGBCS-O&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">Strasbourg\u2019s Christmas Market<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Boubakeur\u2019s proposal reflects a realistic understanding of French Christian patrimony. \u201cAbandoned, desecrated, transformed, churches are turned into performance halls, discos, restaurants, wine cellars\u2026 Everything to escape demolition\u201d, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-cXXp4U1j9pGLFOgSAvhgaKsGwAFCqODh-rgLB4H6O_kHy-zGsUqg4mna-Xsrsfvsb0phjIJpn5jBVCrzGnUjGviuOtVXDaJ0qN-_y0YIyayvjqP02sXRbcCxNo4oTrsvIIOo5CbHYPqgmzJqHnQaMyJ07sCOhV-bC7FCjQtjhApd4eTlS5lpjwByGtt-YUJ0n07JDb8vV4B8jx6Fg69OyNmd20EtlUyVShWmddgAv3qx9fw_Oes2QlhvEWTQ8hO9&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">noted<\/a> the journalist <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-oAVnZEPCviAd3DAN1PYNwNyc6lWFurdeGTthhKolwAcBMPTLL016BPXphZBIVkNE-DFRZ5mRSI7r1KIiTk6CmdKS6XE1mwe_DvCdpjs-GYEzZqlQnIMU8GXQJ6farKK40GA_Y3A1dK4=&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">Marie de Greef-Madelin<\/a> in the magazine <em>Valeurs Actuelles<\/em>. These transformations are sometimes <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-2YZeDtI_dmxGjV9GffPigPoO9V29OUIYTRHxGotx7c0cEAj0fkQgxPdrJKrzYhRVhfidfqhpif4rLi59BmOjrbpdbyqUzrU9icK964XliqPKqLusw952yDYQbBJQ0_3hUqPlAeoWCVQmDwtNID8wEmxjuPDua5QN1gn5aO55Kx1RrczaC5d9WQ==&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">called<\/a> the \u201csecond life of France\u2019s churches\u201d. \u201cAt the current rate, France will lose 10% of its churches and chapels by 2030\u201d, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-cXXp4U1j9pGLFOgSAvhgaKsGwAFCqODh-rgLB4H6O_kHy-zGsUqg4mna-Xsrsfvsb0phjIJpn5jBVCrzGnUjGviuOtVXDaJ0qN-_y0YIyayvjqP02sXRbcCxNo4oTrsvIIOo5CbHYPqgmzJqHnQaMyJ07sCOhV-bC7FCjQtjhApd4eTlS5lpjwByGtt-YUJ0n07JDb8vV4B8jx6Fg69OyNmd20EtlUyVShWmddgAv3qx9fw_Oes2QlhvEWTQ8hO9&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">predicts<\/a> \u00c9douard de Lamaze, president of the Observatory of Religious Heritage. \u201cEither because they will be sold or because they will be destroyed\u201d.<br>The Basilica of Saint Denis, burial place of French kings, is already a Christian museum in an Islamized suburb of Paris, and the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, before the fire, had become a museum for tourists. \u201cWe have reached the final stage of de-Christianization\u201d, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-FpWIhynioR5poqDDKmZg1fFpbxKeNPQTzxWsem5lIEQ18bS9elI9SoN228SV3y4Outsi0RvAFK4x0gmGlHaUdTOLXucSpz9r8ygFqKZl037JUsc4B8xFLUHeNxv8iw9VFo4S55AlmZw=&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">commented<\/a> the political analyst Jerome Fourquet, as if the fires at its major cathedrals were a symbol of France\u2019s dispossession of a territory, a history and an identity.<br>\u201cHow much worse can it get depends on what line activists are willing to draw for themselves\u201d, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-pj69AVuaqL5WPCjDqtfg1RYWz2sJE2hx72v4wzkcDnoeZ-y4jCZ5merg54Cmcp_xp5eNWlycHbgjiBuLHRsCAtyz3pxmiWFnHz_N0CIzdU2XrJwAYEzyXV_Qfe84py3L-2KXU5YIC_jx_qNpFc8hQiGBx_dLA7yOWrRP5I8a82QZniPE9ie-yNJR8lvIIb3MmY_s18Rt197BAu9XcP6FJKxpLZFMcYry&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">noted<\/a> Ellen Fantini, director of Vienna\u2019s Observatory of Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians in Europe. \u201cWill they stop at burning an empty church? Will they stop at decapitating statues?\u201d<br>\u201cWe are at a crossroads\u201d <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7FuhwHfYv2pD-8AtJYbm6dusdcGVWzmvWDhUdgqBZxd5PDLR0E9AvFqR4OOx1KIZiPHpsd4gG9MEK1r0kAIs2p5F9FCkryweZEGBGBnebKOwWDBQqqkzL7QaLN6pTZy-jBmvRjaBbqndnKKDnf7tOOep9FGlIiVtsvTpOiqo8V3vltwbk3CHC1PAkbUX1QrYFJARYCaLz3c4J&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> the French author Alain Finkielkraut. \u201cWe must try everything, while it is still possible, to save our civilization. Our civilization is the Greek, Roman, Judeo-Christian heritage\u201d.<br>Europe is not an abstract construction. Its identity is determined by many sources. Christian identity is obviously the most important. If France keeps failing to protect it, France as we know it will cease to exist; it will become a different place entirely. \u00a0 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>(IWC Editor\u00a0comments : The group that is most likely responsible for the fires at the French churches is the Muslim Brotherhood and its many sympathizers. For those who do not know the Muslim Brotherhood\u2019s announced intentions for Canada and the U.S. , please read the following :\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001-7tqmUP3vYwtlzwsjwotGkF8Cvg6jcWI7HZ-apy0m89byLwHrFJ7Fp9zwwRJlUStcDa5kPc6sj9Kmd97kkAlGYhDx8xPlGRQ9DS8taKeWo33lhUn4tP0TQBBjVcc7Db-6vd-BJbAWir9YVdJox6zVFjOFPg2WyRYv65vYxIXwPvR8I4jAZtAaPo67JAS-ATRKVZRfNzMUBa361O_axVe1A==&amp;c=DT3JEeBXL0RiLdbbndB_hNAD5hkDc6_1u4Af_JvLHRtpZnBxpxnzVw==&amp;ch=AS7ODLbu0Ng2IxMSvfludZkg0Kx9P0s_h0Zgoyu7suyTdldpMWRrzg==\" target=\"_blank\"> http:\/\/immigrationwatchcanada.org\/2019\/03\/02\/the-muslim-brotherhood-3\/<\/a>\u00a0)<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France\u2019s Cathedrals on Fire: \u2018The Final Stage of De-Christianization\u2019?Posted on July 27, 2020 by Giulio Meotti, Cultural Editor, Il Foglio July 25, 2020 at 5:00 am \u201cThe desecration continues to grow in Europe. Recent acts on statues of the Virgin Mary in French churches show how much these gestures are the result of barbaric hatred. 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