On Tuesday, May 26, Pope Francis authorized the publication of eight decrees of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Among the recognized miracles, the one attributed to Blessed Charles de Foucauld. Account of an officially “miraculous” event that occurred in Saumur in November 2016 On Wednesday, November 30, 2016, a team of workers from …
The Incredible Miracle attributed to Charles de Foucauld Read More »
ON THE CENTENARY OF THE DEATH OF CHARLES DE FOUCAULD 1916-2016 – On December First it will be exactly one hundred years since Charles de Foucauld fell to the ground like a grain of wheat. On the occasion of this centenary, we thought we would prepare a special issue of the News of the Fraternities …
Pope Francis and Charles de Foucauld – 100th anniversary and the Synod on the Family Read More »
Charles de Foucauld was born in the mid 19th century into an old aristocratic French family. He spent the key years of his life in the Sahara desert as a Christian ‘monk’ among the local Tuareg people, who were followers of Islam. There he met his death in 1916, in the central Saharan oasis of …
Charles de Foucauld: a man for today-by Brother Ian Latham Read More »
From Pope Francis, Vigil before the Synod on the Family “To understand the family today, we too need to enter – like Charles de Foucauld – into the mystery of the family of Nazareth, into its quiet daily life, not unlike that of most families, with their problems and their simple joys, a life marked by serene …
