JOUSTRATE -  2002-11-12 13:58:08

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French archdiocese sues to regain control of
12th-century church

BORDEAUX, France (CNS) -- Church leaders in Bordeaux have
sued to regain one of the southern city's oldest Catholic
churches after the mayor gave it to followers of the late
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. "We haven't issued any
statement, and we don't know officially why the mayor made
this move," said Father Michel Jarceau, spokesman for the
Bordeaux Archdiocese. He said the archdiocese would wait for
a final court ruling on the property; the ruling was due at the
end of 2002. Bordeaux Mayor Alain Juppe, a former French
prime minister, awarded the 12th-century St. Elois Church to
the traditionalist Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X. France's
Liberation daily said Juppe, who headed the French
government from 1993 to 1997, had given the church to the
Lefebvrites in January. The newspaper said lawsuits had been
filed by the archdiocese and socialist city council members
after the first Tridentine Mass was celebrated in the church
Sept. 22.