Quebec church wades into controversy over Edith Piaf song

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The Quebec City Roman Catholic Church gave a nod Friday to French singer Edith Piaf's "Hymne a l'amour" and the recent controversy around the classic song because of its reference to God. The diocese published an ad in two Quebec City newspapers Friday using the final line of the legendary 1949 song that says: "God reunites those who love."


QUEBEC — The Quebec City Roman Catholic Church gave a nod Friday to French singer Edith Piaf's "Hymne a l'amour" and the recent controversy around the classic song because of its reference to God.
The diocese published an ad in two Quebec City newspapers Friday using the final line of the legendary 1949 song that says: "God reunites those who love."
A Quebec music teacher sparked an uproar Thursday after he cut that line out of a performance by his 10- and 11-year-old students because it contains the word God.
The teacher argued he didn't want to get into a debate about religion in his music class.
The Catholic Church noted in a statement Friday it wanted to pay tribute to the song dear to many Quebecers and celebrated around the world.
"This sentence is not associated with any religion," the diocese noted. "It expresses a reality shared by many men and women since the dawn of time, the idea that there is a good God who wants us to be happy," it added.
The Church noted God doesn't have a monopoly in uniting those who love, but stressed God wants to bring together those who love each other, as well as those who don't.
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