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Entry: All Soul's Day Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/all_souls_day#8479 Post contents: @Kevin It is a sad comment that the Church, still reeling from the assault that the REvolution and Napoleon had met, was willing to make common cause with someone who, in calmer times, would have kept at a safe distance. Maurras might have been a useful ally, and he may have said things of value. But for too long a period he saw the Church as a means to an end, never as an end in itself. He was willing to use it for what he considered really important. People like that should be handled gingerly, and when doing so not fall into the trap, inspired by pride, of seeking to manipulate someone bent on maipulating you. As for Maurras and his condemnation, I read in a book somewhere (unfortunaely it was in a book in a library in a Maine resort town, so I cannot recall the author) that one of the charges at his trial was that he had denounced as Jewish one of his neighbors because of a dispute, and that neighbor had been seized by the authorities. I cannot confirm it, but if he did, then he deserved punishment. Sent at: 2008 11 20