Critics see red over French clergy ID card

A scannable QR code can convey whether a priest or deacon’s ministry is restricted.

The French bishops’ conference is facing backlash after it unveiled a new identity card for clerics, with a scannable QR code that can convey whether a priest or deacon’s ministry is restricted.

Bishop Jean-Marc Eychenne of Grenoble-Vienne, France, shows his identity card. Screenshot from Église catholique en France YouTube account.

The card uses a traffi…