James Bond creator Ian Fleming has an incredibly rich history, and one of the most popular 007 films uses a title that references his real life. There have been a slew of James Bond films over the years, but the title of one of the franchise’s most popular films actually refers to two real-life aspects … Read more
In this time of Advent, C8 presents a tour of France of twelve sanctuaries, cathedrals and basilicas dedicated to the Virgin. These jewels erected following apparitions or to ask for protection, have attracted pilgrims and the curious for 17 centuries. At the time of the foundations, Clotilde would have attributed her marriage with Clovis and … Read more
The French writer Andre GideNobel Prize for Literature in 1947, defined Ladder “an almost metaphysical escalier, which takes you to the top and keeps you suspended in infinite contemplation”. It was right in the oldest village on the Amalfi Coast that Saint Alphonsus Maria de’ Liguori, bishop and doctor of the church, found his spiritual … Read more