Born on 11 September 1935 in St Dizier (Haute-Marne), he died of cancer in Paris on 12 April 2023. Mgr Jacques Gaillot is well-known for his actions in support of undocumented people, homeless people, migrants and marginals, and for the very liberal positions he took within the Catholic Church, for example on the marriage of priests and “marriage for all”, contraception and abortion. He is less well-known for his opposition to both civil and military nuclear technologies.
Marked by the (...)

ACDN Press release
Published in French on April 1
The following message was received this morning from the Elysée Palace, addressed to ACDN (Action des Citoyens pour le Désarmement), and signed by the President of the Republic:
« Touched by your message of 27 March which proposed that Parliament should initiate a double consultation of the French people, concerning the pensions reform and also France’s participation in the abolition of nuclear and radioactive weapons, I have decided, on my (...)

Published in French on 27 March 2023
PHOTO French President Macron and Russian President Putin in Moscow on 7 February 2022 — Thibault Camus/AP/SIPA
Nuclear Dictatorships
There are many differences between them, yet they share one key feature: they think they are all-powerful. In truth they can at any moment annihilate millions of people. With no authorisation. And once the crime has been committed, they would not have to answer to anyone. They flout international law, the UN Charter, (...)