 In October 2015, as president of the CEF, he attended the Synod of Bishops on the Family.He declined to endorse the "proclamation of freedom of expression" that Reporters Without Borders invited all religious leaders to sign following the "Charlie Hebdo" shooting in January 2015.In a letter to the bishops of France, he said the statement itself seemed to doubt the commitment of religious leaders to freedom of expression and singled them out when all leaders of civic society should share this commitment.