The Paris Commune. Sunday, April 23, 1871. “Considering that the Commune has decreed the separation between Church and State, and that, on the other hand, it is important to leave every citizen free to live and die according to his or her faith, if they have one, I have had all religious symbols of any religion removed from the ambulances; I have forbidden entry to members of all sects or religious corporations, but the visit of the minister of their religion, priest, pastor, pope, or rabbi, will be immediately granted to the wounded person who requests it…” Dr. Rousselle.
