emmausuk on Aug 5, 2011 L'Abbé Pierre, GOQ (born Henri Marie Joseph Grouès;[1] 5 August 1912–22 January 2007) was a French Catholic priest, member of the Resistance during World War II, and deputy of the Popular Republican Movement (MRP). He founded … [More]

emmausuk on Aug 5, 2011 Henri Grouès, dit l’abbé Pierre[2], né le 5 août 1912 à Lyon et mort le 22 janvier 2007 à Paris, est un prêtre catholique français de l'Ordre des Frères mineurs capucins, résistant, puis député, fondateur du Mouvement Emmaüs (organisation laïque de lutte contre l'exclusion) comprenant la Fondation Abbé-Pierre pour le logement des défavorisés et de nombreuses autres associations, fondations et entreprises de l'économie sociale, en France et partout dans le monde.

emmausuk on Aug 5, 2011 L'Abbé Pierre, GOQ (born Henri Marie Joseph Grouès;[1] 5 August 1912–22 January 2007) was a French Catholic priest, member of the Resistance during World War II, and deputy of the Popular Republican Movement (MRP). He founded in 1949 the Emmaus movement, which has the goal of helping poor and homeless people and refugees. Abbé means abbot in French, and is also used as a courtesy title given to Catholic priests in French-speaking countries. He was one of the most popular figures in France, but had his name removed from such polls after some time.