This Easter, be grateful for our religious freedom – Murdo Fraser

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When, in 1589, Henry of Navarre became King of France, he found himself having to renounce his Protestant faith and become a Catholic. As a pragmatic politician, he reputedly said at the time: “Paris vaut biene une messe” – Paris is well worth a mass.

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