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Ephemeris of October 18 in Paris: The Closet Affair

On the night of October 18, 1534, Protestants plastered the streets of Paris with posters violently criticizing the Catholic mass. The Affaire des Placards marked a turning point in the confrontations between Catholics and Protestants, and signaled the end of Francis I's conciliation with the reformers.

Ephemeris of August 24 in Paris: The St Bartholomew's Day Massacre

On August 24, 1572, 4,000 Huguenots were brutally murdered in Paris during the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, the culmination of the Wars of Religion between Catholics and Protestants.

Covid: no midnight mass nor religious services prior the reopening of stores

Prime Minister Jean Castex has held a meeting this Monday November 16, 2020, a meeting with representatives of all cults in order to address Holidays religious services. Catholics are especially worried on the running of the traditional Christmas services. So far, the French government has been studying the different hypothesis, while setting up conditions: in France, there will be no mass nor religious services before stores reopen.