Victim of fierce world-wide media vilification.
Background and contribution:
Considered a male “Mother Theresa” for his altruistic dedication to the poor of France, this famous pro-Marxist French cleric endorsed Roger Garaudy’s Revisionist book – and was almost crucified by a vitriolic media reaction. The Holocaust Enforcers made a huge mistake picking on this man. He fired back salvo after salvo – much to everyone’s surprise. He fought bravely for a man well into his eighties, but in the end fled into a monastery in Italy – from where he apologized under pressure from his church.
Letter of Abbe Pierre to Roger Garaudy. April 15, 1996
Very Dear Roger,
You know the limits of my strength. I weaken every day, even though many think that my strength is great because my voice is still resounding and because, as soon as I have the conviction that an action or an issue creates injustice or falsehood, I recover my energies, however briefly.
Forgive me for talking so much about myself, but this is to explain to you and to all who would deem it useful to make my letter known, why, despite phone calls, I am late in expressing my convictions concerning you as a person, whom I have known for over 50 years, and concerning your actions, from the most intimate to those having great public consequences.
As a communist deputy, you were the first person with whom I had a debate, the memory of which has remained unforgettable because it was fruitful for both of us.
Your most recent book reached me while I was at the limits of my strength, attending to other pressing tasks. At 83, with all that is happening to me, I can read very little. I have only 2 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon when I can really work.
About this crushing, thousand year old unending drama surrounding Israel, you have known, for many years, my careful considerations and you know that my thoughts extend beyond the contemporary dramas
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