The League for Catholic Counter-Reformation (french: Ligue de la contre-réforme catholique, CRC) is a

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and

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organization founded in 1967 by Georges de Nantes, a former

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who was suspended ''a divinis'' (from administering the

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s) on 25 August 1966. The movement is composed of two religious communities in Saint-Parres-lès-Vaudes, in the

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. It is considered a

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in France.

Beliefs

Georges de Nantes and deacon Bruno Bonnet-Eymard defend the thesis of the authenticity of the

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. According to the CRC, the relic was a victim of "fraud" in the

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analysis in 1988, fraud "premeditated" by the "mafia" of

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; the 1997 fire, which seriously damaged the Cathedral of Turin, where the Shroud is kept, would be a "final solution" found by "these hidden forces, that Freemasonry".

Status

The community of the Petits Frères du Sacré-Cœur de Jésus, which belongs to the CRC, was considered as a

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in the 1995 report. "Contre réforme catholique", ''Bulles'', 199
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Retrieved 20 June 2009 In 1997, the Belgian parliamentary commission established a list of 189 movements containing the CRC (see

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References

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