The former member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, Fabrice Hadjadj publishes in Spain Wolves disguised as lambsan essay to reflect from faith on the abuses within the Catholic Church and invite compassion and hope.
Editorial Encuentro considers that Hadjadj “takes an incisive look into a pressing issue: the abuses committed by those who must provide comfort” that addresses the issue by looking at both the victims and the perpetrators.
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The essay, which goes on sale next October 7, presents “a profound and no less unprecedented reflection on spirituality, compassion, mercy, guilt and punishment,” which addresses the serious issue of abuse. without minimizing anything that is serious about it, without neglecting what it hides of grace.”
Editorial Encuentro, founded in 1978 by José Miguel Oriol, one of the initiators of the Communion and Liberation Movement in Spain, explains that Hadjadj’s new text constitutes “a denunciation of lies, imposture and credulity. A plea in favor of faith. An invigorating essay, exemplary for its lucidity and sobriety” whose reading can lead to a conclusion: “If there is a good use for abuse, it is to get him to question us personally.”
Hadjadj, born in Nanterre, France in 1971, is married, the father of ten children and runs the Institute of Philanthropists located in (Freiburg, Switzerland). He is the author of numerous essays that analyze reality from a Catholic perspective.
He was a member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity from February 2014 to September 2016, when he ceased his activities after the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life assumed his duties and responsibilities.