Last November in Paris, #Catholic priest Thierry Laurent, who is closely aligned with the Catholic far right, celebrated a mass dedicated to "the repose of the soul" of Charles #Maurras on the 70th anniversary of his death. During the homily, Laurent reportedly praised Maurras' thought and his movement's rejuvenation through far-right journalist/politician Eric #Zemmour.

It seems the Diocese of Paris has formally reprimanded Laurent for it. In a letter to him, the archbishop's office states that the mass was "unworthy of the duty to teach and sanctify Christian people". However, the only real punishment Fr. Laurent seems to be facing is the same one the Catholic church always uses when a priest does something terrible: transfer to another parish.

Maurras was the antisemitic leader of #ActionFrançaise, a proto-fascist, #monarchist, #integralist organization that sought to restore not only the monarchy, but also Catholic law. Even the Vatican condemned Action Française in 1926. When we talk about #ChristianNationalism, Maurras really was a pioneer who has been an inspirational figure for Germany's interwar far right, France's #NouvelleDroite, up to the alt-right and today's Christian nationalists.

Action Française was founded in 1899 by Catholic reactionaries largely in response to the Dreyfus Affair, which catalyzed a lot of modern French nationalism and gave lots of antisemites leeway to make their views public. AF supported the Vichy regime during World War II and, when the war ended, its paper was banned and Maurras was sentenced to life in prison (he received a medical pardon in 1951 and died in 1952). But AF never actually went away. Today, it's members number in the low thousands.

https://www.liberation.fr/societe/religions/un-cure-parisien-sanctionne-apres-une-messe-pour-charles-maurras-20230110_MM44MKQOIFEKHJJDYW5ITE4NTQ/

See also: https://www.liberation.fr/societe/religions/a-leglise-saint-roch-point-de-ralliement-des-cathos-dextreme-droite-charles-maurras-vaut-bien-une-messe-secrete-20221116_CM6Z27UD4FBFRNPKMH5L3V3DSA/

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