The celebration of the 120th anniversary of the Law of 9 December 1905 on the Separation of Church and State gives the associations that signed this text an opportunity to reiterate how essential secularism is to the organisation of democratic life. They thus echo the intention of the Constitution, which Read more…
Secular Mobilisation Day, 6 December 2025: The entire authentic secular movement was there with Libre Pensée \ All together to remind everyone that secularism and the 1905 law on separation are laws of freedom, not prohibition. The 1905 law of freedom versus the freedom-killing “Separatism” law. Secularists have chosen freedom Read more…
Crimes committed by clergy in Italy THE FOLLOWING REPORT WAS SENT ON THE 8TH TO ALL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT OMBUDSMEN AND TO THE OMBUDSMEN (currently only 4 in Italy) FOR THE PROTECTION OF VICTIMS OF CRIME (PDF 2nd Report Rete L’ABUSO ) With this petition, the Rete L’ABUSO Association intends Read more…
Resolution The work of the IXth World Congress of the IAFT in Grenoble/Lyon (France) focused on two main themes: bringing justice to the victims of the crimes of the Churches and organising an international network of solidarity with Freethinkers who are victims of repression and social hardship. DOWNLOAD IN PDF Read more…
October 8, 2025 «Republican Spain fights alone, but it fights for all of us.» Ernest Hemingway, 1937 The association Europa Laica speaks out forcefully against the genocide in Palestine, denouncing the violations of international law, the use of violence against an unarmed civilian population, and the instrumentalization of religions to Read more…
Mister, Archbishop and Primate of Gaul, La Libre Pensée du Rhône, in collaboration with the Fédération Nationale de la Libre Pensée, is organising a conference to be held on 11th October 2025 at the Palais de la Mutualité in Lyon. It will take place at the end of the 9th Read more…
Dear Monsieur Eyschen Thank you very much for thinking of me for your October 2025 conference. I was unable to reply immediately, but I will ultimately be unable to attend. However, I would like to clarify the following, which you are welcome to share with conference participants if you wish. Read more…
Following damning revelations about sexual crimes committed by priests, bishops and lay people, it is now the turn of nuns to be called into question in the Flemish documentary series «De nonnen» («The Nuns»), broadcast on VTM. The testimonies collected describe a system of terror, physical and psychological abuse, child Read more…
Belgian victims of sexual crimes committed by clergy and baptismal records On Friday, 29 August 2025, the daily newspaper Le Monde published a long article on a scandal that had been in the Flemish press for several years, known as the ‘Zelem nuns’ scandal, which in fact concerned the Catholic Read more…
Experts are searching for the remains of hundreds of children who died at the institution run by Catholic nuns until 1961, including bodies disposed of in a disused sewage system. By Amelia Nierenberg New York Times ExcavExcavation of Children’s Remains Begins at Irish Home for Unwed Mothers – The New York Read more…