Fédération Nationale Catholique
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The Fédération Nationale Catholique (FNC) (English: National Catholic Federation) was a French movement that was active in the 1920s and 1930s, with the purpose of defending the Catholic Church against secular trends in the governments of the time. The Federation was founded in 1924 in response to the election of a left-wing government with a secularist policy. After rapidly gaining members and staging large demonstrations, it soon achieved its goal of maintaining the status quo separation between church and state. The movement gradually lost momentum in the years that followed, although it remained in existence during the Vichy regime.
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Formation | 1924 |
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Dissolved | 1944 |
Type | Lobby group |
Region served | France |
Official language | French |
President | General Édouard de Curières de Castelnau |
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