On August 25, 1926, Cardinal Andrieu, hostile to the theses of Charles Maurras, launched a warning approved by the papacy against the French Action demanding its submission.

[2] Through the decree of the Roman inquisition dated December 29, 1926 Pope Pius XI confirms the condemnation of his predecessor Benedict XV and extends it to the daily L'Action française.

[3] Catholics who remained loyal to Action Française were not excommunicated "but treated with the greatest severity as public sinners, deprived of the sacraments and religious funerals".

[5][6] According to historian Olivier Dard, it is a "major printed source for understanding the crisis" with the papacy but it is also a "weapon of combat and conquest of public opinion".

[7] In parallel with this publication, Charles Maurras republished Le Chemin de Paradis redacted and commented on to respond to Catholic objections.