150 Churches in Paris and elsewhere

Lovely reddish chunky church. In front of it stands a statue of St Charles de Foucauld, canonized just three years ago. He was a 19th century linguist, geographer, cavalry officer fighting for the French Empire, and hermit (not all at the same time). He published, after twelve years in North Africa, the first translation dictionary from Touareg to French. And he was murdered in 1916. Otherwise, his life was very humdrum. He was generally pretty keen on colonialism, and in 1949 someone suggested he be made the patron of colonialists. When he was canonized in 2022, some Touareg personalities objected. The building of this St Peter's church was started in 1888. Before this, Catholics and Protestants had shared the same church in this part of town. There is a lovely pulpit with gold bits, a baptismal font in similar chunky style, and wall paintings above the altar. These show Jesus dying, rising from the dead, etc. Every year in December, they have a mass here for lawyers, on the feast...