L'Abbé Pierre (born August 5, 1912) was born as Henri Grouès in Lyon is a French Catholic priest. Abbé (abbot) is a courtesy title given to Catholic priests. August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... This article is about the French city. ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... Catholic is a term generally used in relation to the members, beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. ... Roman Catholic priest A priest or priestess is a holy man or woman who takes an officiating role in worship of any religion, with the distinguishing characteristic of offering sacrifices. ... An abbot (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Latin abbas (genitive form, abbatis), Old English abbad, ; German Abt; French abbé) is the head and chief governor of a community of monks, called also in the East hegumenos or The English version for a female monastic head...

He is the French founder of the Emmaüs movement which has the goal of helping poor and homeless people, and refugees. He was ordained in 1938. The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... A homeless man pushes a cart down the street. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

His pseudonym dates from his work with the French resistance during the Second World War, when he operated under several different names. The French Resistance is the name used for resistance movements that fought military occupation of France by Nazi Germany and the resulting Vichy France during World War II after France surrendered in 1940. ...

Emmaüs was started in 1949. Abbé Pierre has also the distinction of having been voted France's most popular person for many years, and in (2003) he beat Zinedine Zidane into second place. Besides founding Emmaüs, he has also been somewhat controversial and has been accused of anti-semitism, though he denies this saying that he is only interested in the truth. He is a friend of the philosopher and convicted Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy. 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... Zinédine Zidane (زين الدين يزيد زيدان), nicknamed Zizou, is a football player for Real Madrid and formerly France. ... Anti-Semitism (alternatively spelled antisemitism) is hostility towards Jews (not: Semites - see the Misnomer section further on). ... Roger Garaudy is a French author and philosopher, and former communist who has converted to Islam. ...

External links

• Fondation Abbé Pierre (http://www.fondation-abbe-pierre.fr/home_flash.html)
• Emmaus International (http://www.emmaus-international.org/fr/agfr.html)