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The Evil French Revolution

Today is Bastille Day, the national holiday of France, a country I love. Bastille Day is always difficult, because I want to celebrate France, but not the French Revolution. Why not the French...

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The End Of A World

Thousands of Churches are being demolished across France. Today, they are destroying the Chapel of St.Martin’s in Sablé-sur-Sarthe#France pic.twitter.com/0PRLg02xtF — ArchitecturalRevival...

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‘Le Pari Bénédictin’ Est Arrivé

Today is a big day for me, personally. The French translation of The Benedict Option is published today in France. The French title is Comment être chrétien dans un monde qui ne l’est plus: Le pari...

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French Anti-Semitism

Does this Jewish Parisian have a future in France? Do his children? (Cdrin/Shutterstock) Alexander Aciman [sorry, readers, I originally, and mistakenly, said “Andre,” his father] asks in the NYT, “Can...

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Au Revoir, M. Bocuse

“Classic or modern, there is only one cuisine … the good.” — Paul Bocuse, 1926-2018 A great man has passed. The French chef Paul Bocuse died today at 91. From the NYT obit: Paul Bocuse, the most...

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French Catholic Agrarianism

Zbyszko/Shutterstock Next month, I am going to France to participate in a conference called Journées Paysannes (Peasant Days), a national gathering of Catholic small farmers and agrarians. They have...

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Arnaud Beltrame, Hero-Martyr Of France

France has produced a second martyr — the first was Father Jacques Hamel, slain at the altar while saying mass — in the contemporary battle against radical Islam. From Familie Chretienne, this news...

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View From Your Table

Cancale, Brittany, France This is the first VFYT that ever brought literal tears to my eyes. Cancale is the oyster capital of France. I have never been there. More from the same reader:

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View From Your Table

Mont-Saint-Michel, France Notice the horizon. Patrick Deneen and his wonderful wife are having a great vacation.

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View From Your Table

Toulon, France The reader writes: This isn’t your usual VFYT in Provence; it’s a piece of the American South in France. My husband, two children and I are visiting my husband’s grandmother in Toulon,...

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Fear Of Being Soft On Bigotry™

Earlier this month, I blogged about a fascinating Mark Lilla essay in NYRB about new currents emerging on the French Right. It caught my attention in part because I know some of the young Catholic...

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Disintegration And Its Discontents

Sit down, folks, this is going to be one of those long, rambling posts. TL;DR? Read Houellebecq. I see that there’s a lot of online controversy over this out-of-context quote from my Christchurch post...

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People As They Are

Here’s a post that’s bound to make everybody mad. More mush from the Christian cuck! More excuses from bigotry from the Christianist! Et cetera. I use this blog as more of a notebook to write down my...

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Vatican Diplomat’s Indelicate Situation

Archbishop Luigi Ventura, accused of grabbing Gallic male buttocks (Lozère-Nouvelle/Screengrab) A Catholic priest e-mails to say: The Holy See has stripped Archbishop Luigi Ventura of his diplomatic...

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View From Your Table

Reims, France Don’t forget to drink Champagne in Reims! Another one from France, this one taken by Fred, this blog’s Paris bureau chief. It’s a limoncello & Prosecco cocktail, enjoyed on the...

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