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"Thus, before the enemy the old union of church and state had been
effected. The same population, the same government, which before had
adopted the slogan, The priest's place is in the church,' requested the
cooperation of the clergy. And the church obeyed the call. Everything
was forgotten. 'Who cares now,' exclaimed Cardinal Savin, 'for the
religious misunderstandings, political quarrels, and personal rivalries
of the past! France first! United by the common danger, we learned to
know and respect one the other, and after the war we will solve the
grave problems which had separated us before the war. Our victory will
be our main ally in this future work of pacification.'
"Forever memorable will remain that great religious manifestation
at Paris during the week of the Battle of the Marne, in honor of St.
Geneviève, the patron of the French capital. She and Joan of Arc became
again the divine protectors of France.
"The people of Paris fell on their knees on the famous heights of
Montmartre, the mountains of the Saint-Martyrs of the past, a place
historical in the annals of France. Even the skeptics thanked the church
for its resuscitation of the religious spirit. France again remembered
that she had once been 'the eldest daughter of the Church.'" (Georges
Goyan.)