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Priests de la Resistance by Fergus Butler-Gallie
Timely reminder of religious figures who took a stand against ‘first-wave’ fascism

THE ANTIPATHY or bewilderment of some socialists and communists to people of faith may mean that the recent publication of Priests de la Resistance has probably passed them by.

That would be a shame.

As racism and fascism once again menace many societies in Britain and beyond, the Reverend Fergus Butler-Gallie has written a timely reminder about the requisite Christian response to such evils.

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