The milestone of flags for Pope Francis rekindles debates on secularism | EUROtoday

Twenty years after the demise of John Paul II, the disappearance of Pope Francis, which occurred on April 21, arouses the identical commemorative gesture of the State. And the identical controversy across the notion of secularism. Like the federal government of Jean-Pierre Raffarin in 2005, that of François Bayrou requested to place the flags at half mast on public buildings on Saturday April 26, the funeral of the Sovereign Pontiff. A call, he deemed, in 2005, which “Does not correspond to the distinction that must be made between spiritual convictions and political and national choices”. “I certainly would not have made such a decision”added the president of the Party of Center proper UDF, on the insurgent ally of the federal government.

Twenty years later, the choice “Was taken by the Elysée, in agreement with the Prime Minister”it’s mentioned in Matignon. Visiting the Indian Ocean, the President of the Republic has not ceased to ship messages to the Catholic group, upon the announcement of the demise of François. On Thursday, in Madagascar, he went to see Father Pedro, a relative of the Pope who created a group not removed from Antananarivo. “He is a father, so he shows heavensaid Emmanuel Macron. I am the president of a republic which is said to be secular. But in the French Republic, with his freedom, his equality, his brotherhood, there are so many things that resemble Christian universalism [qu’]We will each have our interpretations. But I know one thing is that at the end the root is the same. »»

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