La Vie (magazine)

() is a weekly French Roman Catholic magazine, edited by Malesherbes Publications, a member of the .

History

Founded in 1924, by Francisque Gay as ''La Vie catholique'' (''Catholic Life''), the magazine was renamed ''La vie'' in 1977. In 1945, the magazine appeared as ''La Vie catholique illustrée'', as the postwar period placed a great importance on visual magazines (compare Life Magazine in the US). The magazine was originally targeted at active laity through parish promotions, before eventually being sold on newsstands from 1976.

Its editors in chief were Georges Hourdin, José de Broucker, Jean-Claude Petit, Max Armanet and Jean-Pierre Denis .

Since 1945, the magazine was published by ''le groupe de presse La Vie catholique'', which in 2003 became a part of the larger .

In 2001, created a charitable association which as of 2006 had around three thousand members, based in fifty-odd regional centres across France, called ''Les Amis de La Vie'' (''Friends of La Vie''). This organisation gave deeper meaning to the magazine's tagline, "a paper written with its readers", by organising meetings, debates, and summer programmes.

The publication is independent of the Catholic hierarchy. Because the group to which the paper belongs was bought by Pierre Bergé, an LGBT advocate and media tycoon, the publication expressed support or neutrality over gay marriage in France, amidst pressure from the said owner.↑ Pierre Bergé : « Je serais heureux que La Vie ne fasse plus partie du groupe Le Monde », Fabienne Schmitt, Les Échos.fr, 3 July 2013
/ref>

Organisation of the magazine

is composed of three main components each week:
* An in-depth report, generally on the topic of a current event and composed of investigations, analysis, and different points of view.
* Five main rubrics
** Lifestyle
** The world in movement
** Religion and Spirituality
** Culture
** Television
* A detachable file called "the essentials", which covers a cultural or spiritual topic (not necessarily Christian)

Beyond this, one page is reserved for an interview with a celebrity and the psychoanalyst Gérard Miller.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vie
1924 establishments in France
French-language magazines
News magazines published in France
Weekly magazines published in France
Magazines established in 1924
Catholic magazines published in France
Magazines published in Paris