John Allen is reporting from the papal trip to France

John Allen is covering Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Paris and Lourdes in France Sept. 12-15. There is no column today, but Allen is providing postings from France.

Throughout the weekend, read all the stories in his daily news column: John L Allen Jr Daily Column. (Paste this link into your browser: http://ncrcafe.org/blog/2682). Stories Allen has filed include:

Sept 15

• Pope in France: A lesson in 'Marian cool'

Sept 14

• Pope in France: Traditionalists deserve 'a place in the church'

• The Cross, Mary, and hope for 'new vigor' in the Churchy

Sept 13

• Pope tells shrunken church, 'Don't be afraid'

• Lourdes: Nothing says 'Catholic' like the Virgin Mary

• Explaining Benedict's discretion on Islam


Sept 12

• No reference to Muslims, but pope makes a call to resist 'disaster for humanity'

• Benedict makes a case for 'healthy secularism'

• Pope in France: Averting a secular Iron Curtain

• Pope in France: Latin Mass an 'act of tolerance'


Earlier stories

• Extracts from Sarkozy on church/state relations in France

• Cardinal Tauran on the pope's trip to France

• The Marian Papacy of Benedict XVI

• Benedict hopes to tap the 'creative minority' of French Catholics

(Editor's Note: Some stories are double posted, on NCRonline.org and on NCRcafe.org.)