ELEANOR BEARDSLEY, BYLINE: In the brutal winter of 1954, with homeless people freezing to death, French priest Abbe Pierre shook the nation's conscience with a radio appeal. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...

NPR's Eleanor Beardsley has this report from Paris. ELEANOR BEARDSLEY, BYLINE: In the brutal winter of 1954, with homeless people freezing to death, French priest Abbe Pierre shook the nation's ...