A Secular Church Holiday

15/08/07 22:09 Filed in: General Nonsense
Today, 15 August, is the Feast of the Assumption in the Catholic Church. (It is also St Sweary's Day, by the way.)

Le quinze août is one of the main holidays in France, which I always thought was a little odd. France likes to present itself as a scrupulously secular republic, yet here it is marking a distinctly Catholic feast day as a national holiday.