The Embrace at Reims Cathedral
On July 8, 1962, two old men stood side by side in the great cathedral at Reims, France — the very city that German shells...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 85.
On July 8, 1962, two old men stood side by side in the great cathedral at Reims, France — the very city that German shells had nearly destroyed in the First World War. Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of West Germany, and Charles de Gaulle, President of France, attended a Mass of reconciliation together. Then, on the steps outside, they embraced. The weight of that moment is hard to overstate.…
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