Charles de Foucauld was a dissolute French soldier who became a Trappist monk and Catholic missionary to Muslims in Algeria. Known as Brother Charles of Jesus, he was killed in 1916 at the age of 58.

This past May 15, Charles de Foucauld entered the canon of saints. For many who have followed his story and partook in the growing devotion to him, including me, it was a great day.

Undated photo of Father Charles de Foucauld, a French priest who was murdered in Tamanrasset, Algeria, on December 1, 1916. AFP. Marcel Jouhandeau (1888-1979) wrote that our way of entering life ...

Vatican City, May 18, 2022 / 06:03 am. Pope Francis said on Wednesday that learning about St. Charles de Foucauld’s spirituality helped him during a period of crisis as a theology student.

People hold a banner honoring new St. Charles de Foucauld, a French priest and hermit who was born in 1858 and killed in 1916, before Pope Francis’ celebration of Mass for the canonization of 10 ...

“I would like to thank St. Charles de Foucauld, because his spirituality did me so much good when I was studying theology, a time of maturation and also of crisis,” the Pope said on May 18, ...