On 26 April the Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Msgr. Bruno Marie Duffé met with a delegation of French paratroops from the city of Carcassonne - accompanied by their military chaplain, Father Bertrand Lorentz - in Rome for a bilateral agreement with the Swiss Guards.
The participants spoke of the Holy See's commitment to the promotion of peace, of today's challenges to military ordinariate, and the need to promote the ideals of Christian life in the military world.