La Vie

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 .