This cemetery in northern France tells us something about Catholicism in this country. I’ve been here many times over the last 15 years, a tiny slice of this village’s lifetime, stretching to the 12th century. In 2013, broken crucifixes and stones littered the grounds of St. Martin church. Flowers and vegetation reclaimed many plots, and at least to me the site felt forgotten. But something changed, bringing some well-needed love and attention to St. Martin. At a time when there are some glimpses of hope for the faith in France.
In this short episode we’ll visit the cemetery at St. Martin church in a small village in France’s Picardie region to see what its condition says, or doesn’t, about the state of the Catholic faith here, especially as Pope Leo XIV has called for a missionary renewal in France, and baptisms are on the rise.
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