” “An appeal to reinstate peace in the suburbs north of Paris that have been heavily hit in this week of violence. The appeal was made yesterday by the bishop of Pontoise, mgr. Jean-Yves Riocreux. The bishop was on a spiritual retreat in Belgium with 30 priests of the diocese when the "dramatic" news of the riots in Villiers-le-Bel started to arrive. "After a long reflection and prayer writes the bishop , we decided to get back and be in Val d’Oise at such a hard time. It seemed essential to us that we should be close to the population of that city, that suddenly made the headlines". (continued)” “
