by Pierre abbé · ISBN 9782735702657
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Discover the youth diaries of one of France's most beloved figures, Abbé Pierre. Through photographs, letters, drawings, and poems, this book reveals the artistic sensibility and doubts of the schoolboy, the young seminarian, the man Henry Grouès before becoming Abbé Pierre, exploring themes of poverty and political thought.
Abbé Pierre (born Henri Marie Joseph Grouès; was a French Catholic priest. He was a member of the Resistance during World War II and deputy of the Popular Republican Movement. In 1949, he founded the Emmaus movement, with the goal of helping poor and homeless people. For several decades, he was one of the most popular public figures in France. Allegations that he had sexually abused dozens of women, as well as several underage girls, emerged in 2024 and 2025.
