I don't know if she did the right thing or not. But I have to admit I immediately admired the woman.
Short video at the link.
A french nun tackled one of the environmentalist wackos trying to blockade the construction site of a new church over its carbon footprint.
Historically the Church had knights whose duty was to protect its people and places, rather than leaving it to elderly women. However, it has grown uncomfortable with the concept that underlies its military orders.
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ReplyDeleteThere's an annual pilgrimage to the statue of Notre Dame des neiges. Some in the local community don't like the influx, so ~20 years ago convince the town to make parking for the event difficult etc.
The religious community "Missionary Family of Notre-Dame", newly recognized by the diocese as a "center of consecrated life", decides that it might be worthwhile to have its resident novitiates living in register to vote as being domiciled where they live (150 brothers and sisters spread across around fifteen homes) rather than where they came from. Thus at the next town election more amenable town administration is put in place.
Cue a long history of back and forth, with lots of cult-activity accusations against the "missionary family" that might be motivated more by a desire to get their people off the electoral roll than by genuine concern. Plans for a bus-turnaround, parking, reception building, and massive church with 50' tower are drawn up, but the land although owned by the religious-community is considered national park. Their Bishop nixes the 3000-seat church and tower, but the rest of the project had finally cleared all appeals and has a solid un-contestable building permit as of late spring.
October arrives, and opponents claim to have observed the presence of a protected species, Jacquin's mignonette, on the building site, hence the current clashes, with people once again hoping to get a stop to the project by judicial action or public pressure on the diocese.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famille_missionnaire_de_Notre-Dame
That's a different take, ain't it?
ReplyDeleteYeah, good on her.
ReplyDeleteWell, Grim, maybe it's a step toward a new Joan of Arc?
Presumably she's a "Lily Maid of..." somewhere, I suppose.
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