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The Bishops of France wrote in messages :
“No country without peasants!” », press release from Mgr Marc Aillet, bishop of Bayonne, Lescar and Oloron:
"Let us therefore be proud of our roots, let us not be afraid to give farmers and their just demands the support they deserve, let us even dare to recall that a France without peasants would no longer be France, to defend our identity... And that God bless the work of the peasants of France!"
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“Farmers, we love you! », press release from Mgr Laurent Camiade, Bishop of Cahors
What I have often noticed is that here, we love our farmers. You know it, even if you don't always feel it! The demonstrations of recent days have often been an opportunity to express this support, this friendship, this recognition for your work, often poorly paid or even threatened."
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In Corrèze, “we support farmers”, declares Mgr François Bestion
"We express to you our deep solidarity in this demand for fair remuneration for your work, the quality of your production, your efforts to contribute to the protection of the environment. We understand your exasperation and we share your concerns which sometimes extend to anxiety about the future."
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Pas-de-Calais: “May God open our hearts to hear this cry and know how to collectively respond to it! », asks Mgr Olivier Leborgne
With the whole Church, I know and defend the importance of a rapid and massive transition towards more environmentally friendly modes of production and consumption. A large majority of farmers have this concern. They are often the first victims of climate change, as evidenced by the recent floods experienced in Pas-de-Calais. They are committed to giving future generations a beautiful and generous land that they want to preserve. But their efforts are little recognized, they feel stigmatized by administrative controls which do not respect their professional dignity. Their current demands, expressed without violence and with dignity, are a legitimate call for all of society to support them.
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Bishop Jean-Luc Garin for farmers offers his support:
“I have seen the distress of my people, I have heard their cry, I know their suffering.” These words from the Bible spoken by God before Moses, the shepherd who tended his flock, come to mind as I see the dismay, exasperation and despair of the farmers of our country. Many feel forgotten or abandoned. They aspire to fair consideration for their profession, to be able to live with dignity from their work.
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“The Catholic Church of Lille hears your requests for a policy that is more just and sustainable” press release from Mgr Laurent Le Boulc’h
The Catholic Church of Lille hears your requests for a policy that is more just and sustainable towards you, and it calls for fostering relationships of respect and esteem with you whose job is to take care of the living and nourish the 'humanity.
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“The spiral of over-indebtedness and the feeling of not being able to get out of it has led some of your colleagues to end their lives” press release from Mgr Jacques Habert, Bishop of Bayeux-Lisieux
Upon my arrival in Calvados and during my visits to the parishes, I had the opportunity and the joy of meeting several of you on your agricultural lands in the diversity of your human and economic realities."
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“I want, in my name and that of the entire church in Vendée, to thank them”, press release from Mgr François Jacolin, bishop of Luçon
Despair of these working hours which are not enough to support their family, despair of these sometimes incomprehensible standards and prohibitions which suffocate them, of the rise in the price of energy, of the fatigue and depression which threaten many between them."
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Chartres: The Church sympathizes with the pain and concern of the agricultural world
"The death of a woman, wife and mother, and her daughter, the suffering of a father injured by an accident touch our hearts and upset us. We are overcome with emotion and we wish to express the compassion of the Catholic Church towards all those who dedicate their lives to working the land and raising animals to feed us."
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Drôme: message of support from the administrator of the diocese of Valence to farmers
"Many farmers are Christians, close to our Catholic Church in Drôme, and I remember the numerous meetings and initiatives of our previous bishop with different groups of farmers. Our territory presents different realities and some of our 22 parishes are very rural. Our faith calls us to solidarity and social justice. As stewards of creation, we are called to responsibly cultivate and preserve the earth."
Source: https://eglise.catholique.fr/actualites/revendications-du-monde-agricole-paroles-de-leglise/
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