July 2016

July 30, 2016

Bismarck against France and Catholicism

Bismarck wrote to Count Arnim on November 11, 1871: "We must desire the maintenance of the republic in France for one last, major reason. Monarchical France was and always will be Catholic. Its policies gave it great influence in Europe, the Orient, and even the Far East. A way to counter its…" Continue reading

Modern world

Catholicism
July 12, 2016

Transforming the idea into a feeling

Max Jacob to a student: Meditation is not about having ideas, quite the opposite! It's about having one, transforming it into a feeling, a conviction. A meditation is good when it leads to a YES, uttered by the whole body, to a cry from the heart: joy or… Continue reading

Literature , Modern World , Religion

Max Jacob

SALVE

Emmanuel L. Di Rossetti was a journalist for twelve years. He was an officer in the French Army's 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment. He is an entrepreneur. This travelogue is the fruit of his reflections on journalism, literature, and the Catholic religion. It is placed under the benevolent and enlightened authority of Georges Bernanos.

We understand absolutely nothing about modern civilization if we do not first admit that it is a universal conspiracy against all forms of inner life. France Against the Robots (1946). Georges Bernanos

July 2016

Bismarck against France and Catholicism

Transforming the idea into a feeling