While it is rarely in the media spotlight, the upper house of France's parliament is an essential cog in the country's democratic system. Local elected officials are voting to renew just over half of the seats this Sunday.
The Paris exhibition 'Cézanne and Us' revisits the painter's innovations that influenced his successors. A convincing demonstration, though it loses steam toward the end....
Pope Leo XIV celebrated a huge outdoor Mass in Paris, then travelled to Lourdes to pray at the grotto, greet pilgrims and continue his French pilgrimage....