Charity, Charity, when you hold us... or charity begins... at home!

Polynesia and the Church June 14 2025 - The courts deny the Catholic Church ownership of the Actaeon Islands... In 2019, the Camica (board of directors of the Catholic mission in Tahiti) had... had a deed of acquisitive notoriety drawn up by a Papeete notary to obtain ownership of the atolls. This action by the Church outraged the Paumotu, who considered themselves the legitimate owners. "Shame on the Church for behaving like this..." —Astrid Brander-Hoffmann—, descendant of a copra farmer who worked on these atolls for several years (franceinfo)

The Origin of Shame of Camica - March 19, 1921 - It's not a thermonuclear bomb that's shaking the small atoll of Tureia today, but almost! How the Catholic Church Became Owner of the Actaeon Islands... "In some islands, they are afraid to challenge the camica because it means challenging God. This is completely false! These lands belong to them by right, they do not belong to the Church"—Astrid Brander Hoffman—, landowner and resident of Tureia.

Iles Actéon: Details of the Shame of the Camica - April 15, 1921 - An appeal that begins by providing a very enlightening history of the ownership of these atolls... the country is also surprised that of the 14 witnesses presented by Camica before the notary to justify its acquisitive notoriety, none of them live on the atolls in question... these witnesses "attested as being common knowledge and to their knowledge that for 30 years... Camica has carried out work on these islands, such as the construction of a church, and that it is forbidden for anyone to access the Actaeon Islands without Camica's authorization."

The work Tenararo by Bishop Coppenrath cited in the appeal of French Polynesia, a dive in 1977... "On September 14, 1977, a schooner from Papeete, T'Arunai, disembarked us in the morning, Father Victor Vallons..."

The case is not completely closed. Especially since a criminal investigation remains open on another aspect of the case

Actéon Islands, Polynesia - Actéon Islands: Father Joël Aumeran and Mr. Clémencet taken into custody... A judicial investigation has been opened by the prosecutor's office for "aggravated fraud, forgery in authentic writings and usage, false attestations and usage. " (tntvnews.pf)

Actéon Group, an archipelago in French Polynesia

Chimera, chimera, when you hold us...

An appeal trial postponed due to lack of jurors - This Monday, the lawyers exercised their right to challenge two of the seven jurors, while that six were needed for it to be held. They are protesting against a severe shortage of jurors in Mayotte... "In mainland France, jurors are drawn randomly from the electoral lists, but in Mayotte, this is not the case," explains Yanis Souhaili, president of the Mayotte Bar Association. "Here, you have to apply, and the list is then validated by the president of the court and the prefect, except that here, we lack candidates, and those who are there are always the same ones."

The team: 6 or 9 drawn randomly against 4 or 6 chosen. The Perfumed Assize Juror to the French Republic. The Assize Juror with a Mahoraise sauce.

Who wants to become a jury member?

The interim prosecutor is launching a call for applications... The cover letter, containing the candidate's full contact information, should be sent to the public prosecutor at the address of the Mamoudzou judicial court... (Mayotte Journal)

Mamoudzou Mayotte Island

Sauerkraut, sauerkraut, when you hold us...

Le Robert and the schools - Three schools in Le Robert closed due to sargassum algae... The "Edgard LABOURG" elementary school of Four à Chaux, the kindergarten "LES CORAUX" of Cité La Croix, and the elementary school "Emile CAPGRAS" of Pointe Lynch. The Robert 3 middle school has been closed for several weeks, the students have been moved to the school complex of La Trinité. (franceinfo)

Robert 3 middle school students in La Trinité to continue their education - Since Monday, May 12, the 360 ​​students of Robert 3 middle school have temporarily left their original school... due to the sargassum invasion... (franceinfo)

Phew, the holidays are coming, though!

The kids aren't the only ones affected - A dam Anti-sargasses campaign has given way at Pointe Hyacinthe in Le Robert... local residents are holding their noses

Local residents mobilized against "state inaction" - They are demanding that sargassum be declared a natural disaster despite the Recurring Nature of Arrivals (franceinfo)

Sargasses: The Origin of the Proliferation in the Antilles - Researchers have found the origin of the algae proliferation in the Antilles. At the French Institute of Research for Development (IRD), scientists have produced a numerical model that takes into account both the transport of sargassum and its life cycle since the 1990s

The Sargassum Bloom - Modeling confirms the role of an intense North Atlantic Oscillation event that occurred in 2010 in the current Sargassum bloom. (lemag.ird.fr)

The Explanatory Publication on the Proliferation of Sargassum  (machine translation)

Le Robert in Martinique