European Coordination Bureau of Freethought 10/12 rue des Fossés Saint-Jacques 75005 Paris (France) International Commission of Inquiry To bring justice to victims of crimes committed by the Roman Catholic Church! In the Republic of Ireland, like everywhere else, it is time to “separate Religions and the State”! The whole world Read more…
– Press Release – National Freethought Federation (FNLP, France) At Strasbourg, a successful public rally With National Freethought Federation and Union Rationaliste For Repeal of the Concordat of Alsace-Moselle And for Separation of Religions and State It was a bold thing to do and we did it. At the heart of Read more…
Fernando Esteban LOZADA Spokesperson of the IAFT Today, great efforts are being made in the media to introduce the new pope as an individual capable of bringing a new breath of revival and change in the Roman Catholic Church, but, like Pope John Paul II, he is only a conservative, Read more…
— Press Release — Against the crimes committed by the churches, live from American Atheist Convention (Austin) At the invitation of David Silverman, American Atheist President and one of the eight spokespersons of the International Association of Free Thought (IAFT), David Gozlan, General Secretary of the National Federation of Free Thought (France) Read more…
This report for Canada is available in the Congress of the Americas section.
The separation between Religions and the State in France has been the subject of a number of comments outside France. Some foreigners consider it as a model to be adopted while others firmly reject it. Everyone sees it according to their own or local concerns but eventually few people really Read more…
Report of the National Federation of Freethought (Libre Pensée) The Constitution of October 4, 1958 provides that the French Republic is democratic, secular and social. Moreover, the law of December 9, 1905, which has a constitutional range, institutes the separation of the Churches and State. Its article 2 provides that Read more…
The reader will find a survey on major convictions that have recently appeared in the news, involving clerics in the French territory. As reliable statistics are lacking, it is generally assumed that this type of crime has not been as widespread in France as in other countries. M. Henri Tincq, Read more…