In Chamonix, one hundred candles for the 1924 Winter Olympics
IT ALL STARTED on January 25, 1924. That day, the city was packed with people: “International Winter Sports Week” was about to…
Are there saints in Islam?
One of the specificities of Islam compared to other monotheistic religions is the absence of clergy and intermediary between the believer and…
Meditating with Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)
It’s not easy to be a woman at the end of the 19th century, among all the Parisian painters that Mary Cassatt…
“My grandson refuses to wear a helmet when cycling”
THE POINT OF VIEW OF MARCEL RUFO, PEDOPSYCHIATRIST How can you convince your grandson to wear a helmet, so important for his…
Russia. Alexei Uminsky, the dismissed anti-war Orthodox priest
His gentle obstinacy led to his being “expelled from the priesthood”. Alexei Uminsky, 63, rector of the Church of the Holy Life-Giving…
Irène Frain: “Every life deserves to be told”
Readers are often curious about a writer’s secrets. Have you got some ? I can’t share any because I don’t have one….
“This period of unemployment gave me a profound spiritual experience”
ONE MORNING in the summer of 2017, the general manager of my company called me in and announced my immediate departure. Here…
One in seven Christians persecuted: the new sadly record figures from the NGO Portes Ouvertes
The growth rate of persecution has doubled compared to 2023. The NGO’s results Open doors on the persecution of Christians in the…
What can you see at the exhibition dedicated to Johnny Hallyday?
In 1963, Johnny, whose career was taking off, visited Maurice Chevalier, the undisputed French star of the time. The latter gives advice…
6 years after the liberation of Raqqa, a former Daesh stronghold, its inhabitants still plunged into an endless crisis
A commercial and agricultural city, cited in the Koran, Raqqa, whose first vestiges date back five thousand years ago, is one of…