Why Francophone Canada is so post-Catholic a place
By M.D. and ERASMUS | MONTREAL
The bishops of Quebec, the Canadian province which for centuries was the greatest bastion of French Catholic piety outside the motherland, have just published a booklet. It urges students of the faith to ponder the examples of six pioneering figures, four female and two male. As teachers, missionaries and founders of religious orders, the six all helped make francophone North America into a very devout place. Among the listed heroes is Jean de Brebeuf, a Jesuit from Normandy who befriended the Huron people and was killed by their foes, the Iroquois, in 1649.
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