Jean-Pierre Denis believes in the dissident power of religion

"In our societies fuelled by having, faith is often only considered as a disruptive and destructive force", notes Jean-Pierre Denis, chief editor of the Catholic weekly. "It is true that Islamist terrorism has forcefully contributed to this, transforming religious energy into a weapon of massive intimidation. Animated with a positive and vital energy, the monks of Rangoon [In Burma] are thus doing everyone a universal favour. They are not destroying anything, but are putting things straight and back into perspective on the scale of the planet and of all civilizations. Their peaceful procession shows the dissident and positive power of real spirituality, the kind that carries society's deep aspirations without claiming power. Bare-foot religion has no weapons, but it remains, after the death of ideologies, the only force capable of viscerally gripping a population."

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