This article is taken from the
Figaro Hors-série "Charles de Foucauld, a voice in the desert", find in this
160-page issue the ardent life of Charles de Foucauld, undisciplined soldier, explorer in Morocco, struck down by grace to the point of become a missionary monk among the Tuaregs, assassinated in 1916 by Islamists.
This man of God is canonized by the Catholic Church on May 15, 2022.
Figaro Special issue
Charles de Foucauld, a voice in the desert
Le Figaro
Laurent Touchagues is president of the association Les Amitiés Charles de Foucauld.
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Live familiarly with a great saint and a great spirit, your heart will become warm like his, your faith lively like his, your spirit will rise after his.
Having followed this advice from Charles de Foucauld to one of his correspondents, traditional advice in the Catholic Church, many believers have chosen "
the hermit of Tamanrasset
", according to the formula of René Bazin, as the "
saint
" .
with which to live today familiarly and uplift their spirits.
These disciples of the monk-missionary feed on a spirituality drawn from his life and works.
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