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Free Catholic magazine aims to meet spiritual expectations of France
04-02-2010
PARIS (CNS) -- A free Catholic magazine has been launched in France in what editors describe as an attempt to "meet the great spiritual expectations" in contemporary society.
"At a time when religion is more than ever relegated to the private sphere, we hope to give the Christian faith a new visibility," the magazine's director, Jean-Baptiste Fourtane, said in the first edition of L'Invisible, dated Feb. 1.
"God likes paradoxes -- he's invisible and, at the same time, he's the only God who made himself visible by becoming a man in Jesus Christ. So we're dedicating this new free journal to all seekers who know we can only see properly with our hearts," he said.
He said the glossy magazine, launched Jan. 27 with a print run of 200,000, was aimed at France's 26 million declared Catholics and would "allow spiritual questions to exist in the public space."
Catholics make up 64 percent of France's 60 million inhabitants, according to an end-of-the-year survey by the Catholic La Croix daily.
The launch of L'Invisible, which is linked to the country's Catholic La Vie weekly and Magnificat monthly, follows data showing a further decline in vocations in France.
Fewer than a hundred priests were ordained in 2009 and only 4.5 percent of citizens, mostly past retirement, attend Mass regularly, compared to more than 25 percent half a century ago.
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/briefs/cns/20100203.htm
