(AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE) — A town in eastern France has been ordered to remove a statue of the Virgin Mary to comply with a national ban on religious symbols in public, the local mayor said Saturday.
An administrative court ordered the commune of Publier, in the Haute-Savoie region, to remove the religious image, which has stood in a public park since 2011.
The town has three months to comply before it starts incurring a fine of 100 euros per day, according to the November 24 judgment.
