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Hunger, a weapon of genocide

“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 […]

Joxé Azurmendi: saying and being

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 […]

Your First Communion

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! […]

Questions about the Nicene Creed 1700 years later

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 […]

In the fire of Light. To Rafa Redondo (1941-2025)

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 […]

To Hélène Dupont. Obituary

In the morning of March 22, I received the following email message: “Last night, Hélène left us in her sleep, quietly, just like that. She passed away gently, with no fighting. She was efficient all her life and without making any fuss. We will miss her”. These words express all the essentials with the sober […]

Four Synods and clericalism remains intact

I cannot say that I was disappointed by the Synod’s Final Document on Synodality, because disappointment is only possible when there are expectations. But I feel deeply sorry for so many men and women (especially women) who had said to themselves, “This time yes, the Synod will succeed! May God be blessed!” Yes, may Life, […]

Facing the horror of Gaza, one year later

There are no words to express it, only astonishment and questions: how have we all arrived, each one on his own path of misdirection, at this madness that plunges two brotherly peoples into this escalation of hatred and revenge, of despair and death? How have Israel and Palestine become a tragic parable of the misfortune […]