A controversial statue of John Paul II is being moved from its current location in Brittany
- 6 years ago
A statue of John Paul the Second - which has been embroiled in a row over the separation between church and state - is finally to be moved from its current location in Brittany. The statue was donated by a Georgian sculptor not long after the former Pope died. But campaigners in the town of Ploërmel {PRON: Plo-air-mell} say it violated France's strict secular laws. The BBC's Tim Allman has more.