It’s hard to stand up in front of a Sunday Mass congregation and announce that in the coming week you’re going on pilgrimage to Paris (and this was before the opening ceremony of this year's Paris Olympics). Some people really can’t hide their disbelief; but there are indeed many holy sites in this city that has been in the Catholic press so much recently for all the wrong reasons.
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At Fisher House in Cambridge this year we have been joined by a seminarian for the Archdiocese of Paris; he spoke effusively about the life of the Church at home and organised a pilgrimage for us, to show off some of its highlights.
