When news broke that a small Catholic child, named Emile, was missing in France, almost everyone feared the worse.
Everyone apart from the writers at Charlie Hebdo.
The satirical magazine became internationally synonymous with its disagreements with the Islamic community almost a decade ago, leading to a terror attack at its offices. The attack appears to have only hardened their hearts, not towards radical Islam, but towards small dead Catholic children.
The antagonism, or should we say loathing, towards the child, has been motivated in no small part by his Catholic background and the disdain that the staff at Hebdo have for his faith.
Days after his body was located, they posted a cover story mocking his skeleton.
Last July, Catholic Arena reported on the brutality of the repeated attacks on Emile, with comics regularly appearing in Hebdo that mocked his disappearance.
Strangely enough, it comes at a time when the French State is considering persecuting a priest for criticising a number of sins in a recent online homily. Actually, maybe that’s not so strange but consistent.
