Notre-Dame-de-la-Sainte-Garde Saint Didier, if I remember correctly @Susannah will know for sure as it’s quite a few years since I visited.
For me as a French living in England, I was really surprised to see how many of my British friends and colleagues were going to church. In France none of my friends or relatives did. My sons went to a catholic school not for the religion but because the public school in our area did not have a good reputation and they were not even baptised like most of their friends.
What amazes me with the Church of England is that the vicars can be women, they are allowed to get married. Such a huge difference with the catholic church! For me it is mainly why French don’t go to church anymore. Also people in France like to have a wedding at the church as it is part of the show in my opinion because other than that they don’t usually go to church.
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Notre-Dame-de-la-Sainte-Garde is at Saint Didier, 84210.
3km from Pernes les Fontaines. 84210
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Glad my memory isn’t as fecked as I thought it was 
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I was surprised at how elaborate the funeral was of our neighbour’s mother. She was in her nineties, always lived in the area, the church was full, the entire village there, the service long, readings from the grandchildren, music, psalms. A thoroughly good send-off.
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Thank you. 
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@SuePJ . For me, I find it so interesting to see all these differences between our countries. Regarding funerals, in France the delay between the death of a person and the funeral is very short, usually a few days later. When in Britain, it is more a few weeks later. And the fact that the ashes are scattered days or months later is something I have never seen in France.
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I would have hoped you’d at least provide the source of your screenshot! You know the problems we have with unattributed information and the difficulty of assessing its accuracy.
Don’t know why. But I do know it helps if families and friends need to travel for the funeral. These days I have friends whose children and grandchildren are scattered across the world. At least in the UK they stand a chance of being there.
At least Covid has given us the option of Zoom funerals, which is better than nothing.
The recipient of the ashes in France normally has to sign a paper stating where the ashes will be scattered. The scattering has to be done within one year of the cremation.
There you are, the Malala fund and Wikipedia, they show up purple in the screenshot of my search. First page in each case. You’ll see I didn’t do any digging at all, there was no need. I also used a very neutral search term.
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Five days max, 6 if there is bank holiday or else the body has to be taken to be embalmed at a horrendous cost to the family. Been there and luckily had a bank holiday so the brit side of the family could get over in time.
I’ve just repeated what I said earlier, in case it’s been misinterpreted.
And I’ll decline to join in the finger-pointing. Here’s another link to Wikipedia, though: Federal government of Nigeria - Wikipedia
Thanks for the tip @vero 
. The ‘string trick’ worked a treat. It wasn’t easy to do, and I found that a thin ribbon worked best (about 5mm) along with some E45 cream. Here are the rings
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Perhaps because it’s Ramadan and their parents asked them to show respect? The kids will probably go back to Jeans and sweater in a weeks time…
Oh good news, hooray 
horrible having rings stuck.
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I would be inclined to agree with you on the general premise, but politically, there are a number of elected members of parliament with clear agendas based on their understanding of either their own, or someone else’s religion. It is something that has always bothered me a little with the laicity claim of French society.
Virtually any political debate about contentious issues involving morality always bring out the religious arguments in support of one or other view, e.g. euthanasia, assisted procreation for all, marriage between couples of the same sex, religious symbols, gender neutrality, even abortion, a well established right. It just goes to show that the religious convictions of France still spill over into the public sphere, and colour, influence, and attempt to undermine the separation of those beliefs from public policy and lawmaking.
Yes it’s awful, people like that terrible Christine Boutin who is at least upfront about it.
Likewise. It bothers me a lot.
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That suggests you would exclude the opinions of some people based on your own belief that their beliefs are wrong?
Doesn’t sound like democracy to me!