I am reproducing here a text written in response to a question posed by Denis Guénoun, following my recent meeting in Paris with the Foyer de l’Âme community, a reformed parish of the Liberal United Protestant Church of France. Denis Guénoun was born in Oran (Algeria) in 1946 and brought up in an agnostic Jewish […]
Reflections on the film “Los domingos” With great interest and no small amount of discomfort, I watched “Los domingos” (Sundays,) a film directed by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, who also wrote the screenplay. It is a great film, recently awarded the Golden Shell at the San Sebastián Film Festival. It tells the true story of […]
I thank Bernard Ginisty for publishing this text on August 20, 2025, on the web page GARRIGUES ET SENTIERS. Espaces de liberté, de foi et de réflexion chrétiennes (https://www.garriguesetsentiers.org/2025/08/sur-l-avenir-du-christianisme-la-quatrieme-hypothese-maurice-bellet.html) Does Christianity have a future? This is the theme that Maurice Bellet develops in a study titled The fourth hypothesis: On the future of Christianity[1]. […]
“Israel’s plan for the ethnic cleansing of the Gaza Strip is progressing at a rapid pace, perhaps even better than expected. In addition to the significant achievements already made in systematic killing and destruction, the last few days have seen a crucial achievement: deliberate starvation has begun to yield results. (…). However, there is only […]
I come to express, my dear Joxé, my long-standing, silent gratitude and admiration. You possessed extraordinary qualities: you were a sharp thinker, a brilliant speaker, and a prolific writer. A spur to reflection, an inspiration for action, a tactful companion of the flesh-and-blood human being full of contradictions, a spirited promoter of a society made […]
Dear Nico, It was a lovely surprise to hear that you are going to make your first communion, that you have decided to commune with Jesus, to see the world through his eyes and to be inspired by his vital breath. It is a wonderful choice. I congratulate you from the bottom of my heart! […]
My friend, you hold in your hands a lucid and daring book, worthy of its provocative title: Le Credo de Nicée est-il toujours croyable? (Is the Nicene Creed still credible?). Paul Fleuret, “barefoot biblical scholar” and “lay Christian in exodus” in his own words, offers us a documented, concise and limpid analysis of the tangled […]
Pope Francis rests in peace. It matters little whether his worn-out body rests in St. Peter’s Basilica or in that of St. Mary Major or in a humble niche in any Rome cemetery. May he rest in peace, in the deep peace of Mother Earth, in the eternal creative peace that sustains and moves the […]
1 – We celebrate the passover of Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth, condemned and crucified because of his brotherly and risky life, his liberating and free life, his paschal life. We celebrate the passover of Jesus because we recognize that his life of solidarity and violent death were a passover, a liberating passage from life […]
You left us “with the palms of your hands to the wind, with no other handhold than the air, where the Being, my true home, breathes”. You were an attentive companion, inspired witness to the Silence, vibrant voice of the Presence “of the pure Witness that in our depth breathes, palpitates and cries out to […]