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Bernard Arnault at a presentation of Show Me Paris, an event dedicated to the LVMH Métiers d’Excellence (Professions of Excellence) initiative. Geoffroy van der Hasselt/AFP

Louis Vuitton, Notre Dame and the quest for ‘secular immortality’

The CEO’s splashy style, which some critics see as influenced by US philanthropy, contrasts with the traditional French preference for understated sponsorship. What is Arnault hoping to achieve?
An illustration from the Christian Herald showing famine-hit people in India. Courtesy of the Christian Herald Association, New York

How American Christian media promoted charity abroad

For International Day of Charity on Sept. 5, a history of how the Christian Herald mobilized Americans in the late 19th century to give millions for the relief of global suffering.

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