1926 Pope Pius XI bans Roman Catholic participation in the Action Francaise movement, a radical right-wing political movement active in France from 1899 to 1944. (Founded by Charles Maurras (1868-1952), it espoused royalism, authoritarianism, nationalism, and antisemitism. Through its newspaper, "L'Action Francaise," and its student groups, called Camelots du Roi, the movement attacked the democratic institutions of the Third Republic.