In keeping with the ideals of " Action Francaise ", he promulgated the law dissolving secret societies ( Freemasonry amongst others ) on 13 August 1940, aided in this project by other devout Catholics, notably Bernard Fay, administrator of the Biblioth�que Nationale, and Robert Vallery-Radot.
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Thus L�on Daudet, co-director of Action Francaise and a great discoverer of talents, placed him on the same level as Marcel Proust and wrote after the publication of " The Eyes of the Spirit " : " It seems that he has already lived First life, which he remembers in a second life . . ."
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He also challenged the extremist nationalism of the Action Francaise movement and anti-semitism in the United States . " Non abbiamo bisogno " condemned Italian fascism s pagan worship of the State and revolution which snatches the young from the Church and from Jesus Christ, and which inculcates in its own young people hatred, violence and irreverence .
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Pius XI offered three encyclicals against the rising tide of European totalitarianism : " Non abbiamo bisogno " ( 1931; " We Do Not Need to Acquaint You " against Italian Fascism ); " Mit brennender Sorge " ( 1937; " With Deep Anxiety " against Nazism ) and " Divini redemptoris " ( 1937; " Divine Redeemer " against atheist Communism ) . " Non abbiamo bisogno " directly challenged Italian fascism as a " pagan " movement which " snatches the young from the Church and from Jesus Christ, and which inculcates in its own young people hatred, violence and irreverence . " Pius XI also challenged the extremist nationalism of the " Action Francaise " movement and anti-semitism in the United States.
